The Fredonia for St. Jude club will host its second Up ‘Til Dawn event on Friday, Nov. 13 from 6 to 10 p.m. in the Dods Multipurpose Room.
SUNY Fredonia students and faculty are invited to form teams of five members to fill in pre-written donation letters for St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. with the names and addresses of family and friends. The goal is to have 1,000 letters sent to raise $3,000 for the hospital. If a participant brings 35 names or more, they will be entered to win a Nintendo Wii and for every five letters, they will receive a raffle ticket to win one of many prizes.
“We know college students don’t have money to donate, but they do have time and connections,” said Professor Michielli-Pendl, childhood education.
This year’s theme is “Scare Away Cancer,” as the event takes place on Friday the 13th. After the letter writing, there will be food, music and theme related activities like pumpkin painting, donuts on a string, balloon shaving, a pie eating contest and Kan Jam. There will also be a presentation from one of the children treated at St. Jude.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital works to find cures and save children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. No family ever pays for treatments not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay. St. Jude is financially supported by ALSAC, its fundraising organization.
