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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2015  • VOL. 113, ISSUE 3
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The USF Team represented the Dons in last weekend's St. Jude's Walk/Run to End Childhood Cancer. PHOTO COURTESY OF SAM MATSUNAGA.
DONS WALK TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD CANCER
BRIAN HEALY
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September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and to recognize the occasion,
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has
organized 58 Walk/Run Fundraisers in
communities nationwide. The San Francisco
fundraiser took place this past Saturday at the
San Francisco Zoo. A group of USF alumni,
faculty, parents, and current students took
part, raising funds and doing their part to
help end childhood cancer.
The walk is actually the finale ofthe teams'
long fundraising process. After a team forms,
they set up a fundraising page. Then team
captains and established team members re
cruit family and friends to join the process,
and, finally, the teams set out to raise money
for the kids of St. Jude. At the walk, teams
and their members join other supporters in
celebrating their fundraising efforts.
"All the people you see here are walking
with a purpose to end childhood cancer," said
Amanda Salapong, regional development representative for St. Jude's and one of the main
organizers of the fundraiser, "It's a powerful
thing to see so many people, who have worked
so hard to raise money for the kids, come together. It makes everyone realize that we're all
one large team that worked together in trying
to defeat a common enemy." Laura Carney, a
USF alumni and a member ofthe administrative staff for the Army R.O.T.C program,
led the USF team. According to Carney, this
year was the first time USF members had
their own team in the walk. Carney believes
that events such as this one have the ability
to bring the USF community closer through
activism and philanthropy. "The fundraiser
establishes camaraderie among all the USF
community," said Carney, who promised to
"build a tradition that we can keep rolling on
in future years."
The group, which consisted of 17 people,
had to set a second donation target of $2,000
after they easily surpassed their initial monetary goal of $1,500. By the time ofthe event,
a total of $2,170 was donated by or rhrough
USF's group, with close to 50 different people
donating. Carney, however, feels confident
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