Smithtown Elementary Students Raise $1,482 For Solving Kids’ Cancer

SMITHTOWN, NY — Accompsett Elementary School students raised $1,482 in coins for Solving Kids' Cancer, a New York City nonprofit, on Friday, the Smithtown Central School District announced.

Students and faculty throughout the school district wore gold shoelaces as part of the organization’s Lace Up for Kids campaign.

This is the third year Accompsett Elementary School Principal Tim Hellmuth has invited students to participate in "changing kids’ lives" by donating coins.

Solving Kids' Cancer is a nonprofit that focuses on aggressive childhood cancers with low survival rates—"because Every Kid Deserves to Grow Up," the charity wrote on its website. Solving Kids' Cancer aims to help accelerate new, next-generation treatments, including immunotherapy, cancer vaccines, and new drugs.

"We extend our reach globally to fully understand the research landscape so that we may influence and strengthen the science, resulting in more cures for children. Solving Kids' Cancer fosters the development of innovative clinical trials that bring more effective treatments to children both in the U.S., Europe and beyond."