Osbourn Park Raises Money To Fight Leukemia

Students at Osbourn Park High School in Manassas recently took part in a fundraising drive to cure leukemia and related diseases.

The students raised about $8,700 in February and March in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Student Series High School Challenge program (Pennies For Patients), according to Stacey Matusko, a spokeswoman for the society's National Capital Area Chapter.

Besides Osbourn Park, the challenge program involved 10 other high schools in Maryland and Northern Virginia, and it raised more than $130,000 for cancer research.

The mission of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS funds blood cancer research around the world and provides free information and support services. To learn more, please click here.

The LLS Student Series is a service learning, character education and philanthropy program where students help children and adults in their fight against blood cancers like leukemia. More than 14.5 million students and 850,000 educators in 28,000 schools across the U.S. participate annually. Since its beginning, students have raised more than $288 million for the LLS.

To learn more about the 2016 High School Challenge, please click here.

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