Pennies for Patients

Park Avenue will be participating in Pennies for Patients throughout the next month.  Students are collecting pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters during this campaign benefiting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The Society is dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing education and patient services. The Society’s mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and to improve the quality of life of patients and their families.  The money raised by the students stays here in Iowa.

The students who participate in Pennies for Patients are learning how important and fulfilling community service can be, a lesson which hopefully stays with them the rest of their lives.  Additionally, school children who participate in penny drives are often taught a valuable civic lesson. By collecting pennies, children learn they too can make a contribution to the community. Moreover, they begin to learn, at an early age, the importance of philanthropy.

Thank you for your support with this effort.