by Natalie Kirton
For the past three weeks, Montezuma students have been celebrating life through fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. This fundraising project, called Pennies for Patients, began on Feb. 6 and ran through Feb. 24.
Each grade competed against each other to raise the most money to be donated to the society. This was done by setting up boxes in each homeroom for students to drop money in.
Students aggressively put money in, hoping to be the class with the biggest donation. The senior class brought in the most, having a total of $119.41. In second place was the seventh grade, who brought in $88.60.
From third place to sixth place consecutively were tenth grade with $81.91, eighth grade with $71.73, ninth grade with $60.75 and 11th grade with $55.62.
In total, Montezuma students brought in $478.02 to give to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Other donations were made through having a guessing jar full of change in which students paid a quarter to guess the amount inside to raise money for their grade. Students also sold hot chocolate, as well as poems and balloons for Valentine’s Day. These products made $391.14.
All together, Montezuma will be donating a grand total of $869.16 to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. This money will go towards researching and finding a cure for cancer.
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