Teaming up to fght cancer

East Meadow and Bellmore students collaborate to raise money

By MAlloRY WIlSoN mwilson@liherald.com

A group of East Meadow High School students will not let anything stop them from raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. On Feb. 2, their team, dubbed Funding the Cure, kicked off an effort to raise $12,000 over seven weeks for people battling blood cancers.

The three juniors leading the group, Ryan Monahan, Andrew Ignatiou and Benjamin Krieger, are candidates for the LLS Student Visionaries of the Year campaign. Their high school team has more than 30 students members, and is part of the Long Island Chapter of the society, which pits them against roughly 20 other teams. Student Visionaries of the Year is a philanthropic leadership development program for high school students. During the campaign, students learn what it’s like to grow their entrepreneurial, marketing, managerial and organizational skills.

The campaign builds to a grand finale on March 23. All

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