IHS students are dedicated to the cause of raising money for childhood cancer. Several students are members and organizers of the non-school-affiliated nonprofit Cancer Kids First, which aims to raise money and awareness for childhood cancer through fun activities.
Cancer Kids First (CKF) is a nationwide, student-led nonprofit. Branches are formed and led by students to donate money to organized activities and donate money to pediatric cancer students. Indiana, PA’s branch is led by IHS students. Officers include seniors Matthew Blystone, Eve Kuzneski, Vania Ali, and Hannah Cowburn, as well as juniors Chloe Hain, Lelise Allison, Andrew Manzek, and Austin Schawl. CKF Indiana plans fun activities such as Spikeball and volleyball tournaments along with basket raffles to raise funds. Officer Chloe Hain shared, “We raise money and use that money to buy kids gifts off of an Amazon wishlist…[we] plan on doing more in the future to raise money for this cause.”
As students prepare for MiniTHON, an event organized by IHS Leadership that is a smaller version of Penn State’s THON and raises money for children with cancer, CKF members are focused on assisting Leadership in their efforts. CKF Indiana is donating all their fundraising efforts to MiniTHON to assist the event in reaching their monetary goal. The group also organized “Powderpuff,” a flag football event for females who are coached by IHS boys’ football players. From this event, they raised over $300 to donate to MiniTHON.
For IHS students wishing to get involved with CKF, they can join as general members. Contact any one of the officers and provide a $5 donation. General members participate in events and help with fundraising efforts. Officer Matthew Blystone commented, “These small fundraisers really add up over the year and help us reach as many kids as possible…we just started recruiting general members this year and we hope to do an event involving everyone soon.” CKF is a wonderful way to serve the community.
Follow Cancer Kids First Indiana on Instagram at @ckf.indiana for updates on their fundraising and awareness efforts.
Gabi Isenberg is a junior and third-year reporter for the High Arrow. In her free time she enjoys swimming on the IHS and YMCA swim teams, playing piano, and reading. She hopes to report accurate information for the IHS community.
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