Radnor Junior Raises $19K For Blood Cancer Society

Last week, we told you about some Radnor students who were outstanding in arts and writing and another who was honored for leadership and civic action. Now, another Radnor Township School District student is making waves in the area.

Radnor High School junior Megs Packer recently raised $19,139.45 for the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) through the organization's seven-week Students of the Year campaign, the district said.

“I am proud and honored to have been chosen to participate in this leadership program and make a real impact in the fight against blood cancers,” Packer said.

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Packer got on board with the effort because he grandfather fought blood cancer and ultimately lost that battle when Packer was a young girl, the district said.

“Participating students were chosen because they demonstrate qualities of leadership, volunteerism, philanthropy, and community,” Ellen Rubesin, LLS Eastern PA Chapter’s Executive Director, said in a statement.

The Students of the Year is a leadership development and philanthropy program puts high school students in a fundraising competition that benefit LLS.

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Each dollar raised in the program counts as one vote for the participating student, the district said. The candidates/teams who raise the most money at the end of the competition earn the title Student(s) of the Year and a $2,500 scholarship to the college or university of their choice, according to the district.

This is the third year that LLS has enabled civic-minded high school students to get embedded in the organization and its mission, to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life for patients and their families, the district said.

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