Friday, February 15, 2013
Bethesda high schools are among 16 DC-area schools competing to raise the most money for cancer research in four weeks.
Finding a cure for cancer will take a lot of outside-the-box thinking. So will funding that find. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Walt Whitman High School and Walter Johnson High School are participating in the 2013 Pennies for Patients High School Challenge, which encourages high school students to think creatively to come up with ways to raise funds to support The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s National Capital Area Chapter. The challenge began on Monday, Feb. 4, and lasts four weeks. Sixteen schools in the Washington, DC, area are competing for the title of top fundraiser, according to a statement from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. "The competing schools have set a collective goal of raising $175,000 for the LLS mission: Cure …
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Walter Johnson students raised more than $58,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Students from Walter Johnson High School celebrated their successful fundraising campaign for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's National Capital Area Chapter with a pep rally April 13. The school was named the top fundrasier of 14 county schools this year after collecting more than $58,000 to benefit the LLS Pennies for Patients program. WJ students have taken the lead seven years in a row— their total topping $170,000. This year, Walt Whitman High School ranked in second place. "We are all very proud of our students and the wonderful way the come together for such a great cause each year," Principal Jennifer Baker told Patch last month. "We have a remarkable community that really wants to make a difference. Our students are to be …
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Jim Eichberg, who helped coordinate the annual Leukemia Ball, passed away from a rare blood cancer ten years ago.
At their annual ball Saturday, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society will honor the memory of a Bethesda resident who worked to support the group – while at the same time quietly struggling with a rare blood cancer that would eventually take his life. Ten years ago, Bethesda resident Jim Eichberg passed away at the age of 63. A Washington-area native and a long-time volunteer and supporter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, along with several other charities, Eichberg was a member of the Leukemia Ball’s executive committee. But several years after becoming involved with the Leukemia and Lymphoma society, Eichberg himself was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare blood cancer. MDS, as the disease is known, is among the diseases for…
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Pontius visited with players as part of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Pennies for Patients program.
Soccer players from Walter Johnson High School and Walt Whitman High School got a special visitor at a boys' varsity game last week. D.C. United midfielder Chris Pontius stopped by a Thursday game to visit with players and thank them for their support of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Pennies for Patients program, which challenges elementary, middle and high schools to raise funds for LLS and local blood cancer patients and their families. Whitman and WJ have been the top fundraisers for the program in the past several years, according to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, with WJ consistently leading the pack in fundraising for the past six years. In 2011, WJ raised $39,000 for the program, while Whitman raised $22,000. Pontius, …
