Pennies Add Up at Babylon Memorial Grade School

Babylon Memorial Grade School’s student council recently coordinated a multi-week community service initiative to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

The program, called Pennies for Patients, was a service learning, character education and philanthropy program that afforded students the chance to make a difference by working to provide aid to those fighting blood cancers like leukemia. During the initiative, the students collected monitory donations from family and friends and charted their progress on a school chart.

As a result of the participants’ generosity, the school raised $2,100.

Photo provided by the Babylon School District