Teamwork Pays Off: Girls' Varsity Soccer Game Raises Funds, Awareness for Childhood Cancer
September, 2015
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DEMAREST, NJ — Two of Bergen County’s top teams competed for a common cause in a fundraiser girls’ varsity soccer match to battle childhood cancer. (September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month).
Academy of the Holy Angels and Immaculate Heart Academy’s Girls Varsity Soccer Game played Tuesday at the AHA field raised $2,672 to benefit three -year-old Charlie Meyers who is battling cancer. The teams agreed to donate funds collected at the game to help young Charlie, whose Dad, Tom, was employed at Academy of the Holy Angels and Mom, Lauren, worked at Immaculate Heart Academy.
According to the National Cancer Institute, cancer remains the leading cause of death among children. In 2015, approximately 10,380 new cases of childhood cancer will be diagnosed in young children.
Academy of the Holy Angels, a National Service Learning Leader School and a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, empowers young women to lead in academics, arts, athletics, spirituality, and service. For more than 136 years, AHA, sponsored by the School Sisters of Notre Dame, has been educating young women from all religious backgrounds in a rigorous, college preparatory program. For more information, visit www.holyangels.org.
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