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Senate's Pioneer Pull fundraises for five year old boy
Jennifer Spinelli
Issue date: 3/22/07 Section: Features
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Trevor Palmer is a 5 year-old boy who has Aplastic anemia. Sacred Heart University's Student Senate is sponsoring a tug-of-war to raise money for him.
According to the Aplastic Anemia Answer Book, aplastic anemia is a rare and dangerous disorder that comes from an unexplained failure of bone marrow to produce blood cells.
It can happen from damage to stem cells or because of the environment.
"The money will go to help him and his family. When he was admitted into the hospital about a year ago, his mother had to quit her job to be with him, and his father is working day in and day out to cover the medical bills," said Colleen Carney, senior, Yorktown N.Y.
"This money will enable the family to hopefully rest a little easy and to help with the payment of finding a bone marrow donor," said Carney.
The tug-of-war will take place on March 25 at 4:30pm in the Pitt Center.
The cost to enter is $18 a team made up of six people.
"We do not have an exact count [of how many teams have signed up] but we are hoping that more people sign up this week, and we are hoping to get a lot of teams, and many people who aren't able to put a team together are making donations, which is truly helping," said Carney.
"A member of Senate will be sitting outside the faculty lounge everyday this week from 11-2pm. If you cannot make it to the registration table, then stop in the Student Government office, downstairs in Hawley Lounge, and grab one of the registrations brochures," said Vanessa Potts, freshman, Warwick R.I.
"There is a way to donate, which is come to the pull, also if you wanted to stop by the student government office," said Carney.
" If you wanted to sign up for the event, just email sandersj@sacredheart.edu and you can simply get involved," said Carney.
"We do not have any exact plans for the money; we just want to help out his family and also his treatment costs," said Potts.
" He is just a five year-old boy, so the thought of getting new things to play with is something we thought about," said Potts.
According to the Aplastic Anemia Answer Book, aplastic anemia is a rare and dangerous disorder that comes from an unexplained failure of bone marrow to produce blood cells.
It can happen from damage to stem cells or because of the environment.
"The money will go to help him and his family. When he was admitted into the hospital about a year ago, his mother had to quit her job to be with him, and his father is working day in and day out to cover the medical bills," said Colleen Carney, senior, Yorktown N.Y.
"This money will enable the family to hopefully rest a little easy and to help with the payment of finding a bone marrow donor," said Carney.
The tug-of-war will take place on March 25 at 4:30pm in the Pitt Center.
The cost to enter is $18 a team made up of six people.
"We do not have an exact count [of how many teams have signed up] but we are hoping that more people sign up this week, and we are hoping to get a lot of teams, and many people who aren't able to put a team together are making donations, which is truly helping," said Carney.
"A member of Senate will be sitting outside the faculty lounge everyday this week from 11-2pm. If you cannot make it to the registration table, then stop in the Student Government office, downstairs in Hawley Lounge, and grab one of the registrations brochures," said Vanessa Potts, freshman, Warwick R.I.
"There is a way to donate, which is come to the pull, also if you wanted to stop by the student government office," said Carney.
" If you wanted to sign up for the event, just email sandersj@sacredheart.edu and you can simply get involved," said Carney.
"We do not have any exact plans for the money; we just want to help out his family and also his treatment costs," said Potts.
" He is just a five year-old boy, so the thought of getting new things to play with is something we thought about," said Potts.
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