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All of the CDW school community has been busy helping with the annual Pennies for Patients fundraiser. The program is run by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and the money raised helps to promote blood cancer research and support services for patients and their families. Leukemia is the leading cause of death for children under the age of 15. Great progress has been made but thousands of children still pass away each year. Here at in our elementary school district, we have had students and staff members whose children have been afflicted with this terrible disease. This is the third year that the middle school has participated in the national three week effort, and in the past two years we have been one of the top fundraisers in the state. Each homeroom had a bucket that students could drop their spare change into. The amounts collected each day were tallied - at the end of the three week period the two homerooms that raised the most were treated to a pizza or ice cream party. During the second week of the collection, the homeroom that raised the most was able to pick the tie that Principal Rossi would wear all day. The winning homeroom was Mrs. Wynn's and they selected a bright yellow SpongeBob tie. The last week of the event was capped off by a Pie throwing contest. Students were able to purchase chances for $1.00 and twenty names were selected at an assembly during the last period on Friday. Those students chosen were each given a chance to throw a pie at the teachers who volunteered and were in the gym. A messy, gooey, fun time was had by all and more than $4000.00 was raised for the charity. Thanks to all who participated and helped with the effort, Congratulations to Mr. Bambach and Mrs. Wynn's homerooms which raised the most money.