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A LOFTY GOAL FOR GOOD LAKE FOREST ACADEMY JUNIORS KENNEDY PEMBERTON AND BEVERLY FISHMAN LEAD A TEAM HOPING TO RAISE $50,000 TO SUPPORT THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY. BY MONICA KASS ROGERS THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
Among the important skills teens gain while in school, learning how to ask is a big one. Not for the car on Saturday night, or a new dress or video game, but for something much bigger—the help and support of those in medical need. Kennedy Pemberton, Beverly Fishman, and four other Lake Forest 11th graders are practicing those new skills right now as team members in the 2022 campaign to raise funds for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). With three weeks left in the six-week campaign, the team has raised half of its $50,000 goal. It’s all in support of LLS’ ongoing mission—to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, and myeloma, and to improve the quality of life for people who suffer from these diseases and their families. Toward that end, LLS has invested more than $1 billion in research, funding promising advances and providing financial assistance to 30,000 individuals in the last year— raising much of that funding through the help of volunteers like Pemberton and Fishman and their team, which also
includes Mariella Haubner, Cece Velner, Braeden Murray, and Redding Worth. “At first, we were overwhelmed and nervous when it came to the thought of presenting a pitch to adults asking for funding,” says Pemberton, coteam-leader with Fishman. But a lot of
Patients face their fears head-on and if we want to make a difference for them, we have to approach our goal the same way.
practice and detailed presentation-skills training guided the team on its way. “We realized people will be supportive when they understand we’re fighting for a good cause,” says Pemberton. “We quickly came to understand that the courage it takes to fundraise pales in comparison to the strength and bravery it takes to battle cancer. Patients face their fears head-on and if we want to make a difference for them, we have to approach our goal the same way.” For both Pemberton and Fishman, Continued on PG 5
Kennedy Pemberton and Beverly Fishman lead a fundraiser to support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. PHOTOGRAPHY BY MONICA KASS ROGERS