{"id":2228,"date":"2017-03-22T14:28:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T18:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoodcomstudies.com\/theblueandgrey\/?p=2228"},"modified":"2017-03-22T14:28:10","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T18:28:10","slug":"colleges-against-cancer-comes-to-hood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblueandgrey.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/22\/colleges-against-cancer-comes-to-hood\/","title":{"rendered":"Colleges Against Cancer comes to Hood"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recently formed club at Hood College is making a difference for cancer patients and survivors, both locally and across the nation.
\nEmily Zimmerman, a Hood sophomore founded the Hood College chapter of Colleges Against Cancer. This organization is a collaboration between college students and staff in support of the American Cancer Society (ACS.) While there are many chapters across the country, this is the first time that Hood has gotten its own chapter here in Frederick.
\nThe club was approved at Hood in October. Since then, they have had three meetings, but plan to meet twice a month on Sunday nights.
\nSo far, there are fifteen student members in the club and Zimmerman hopes that the club\u2019s size will expand as more people find out about it. One Hood professor and two advisors from the Frederick chapter of the ACS are also involved with the club.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a nationwide club so we\u2019re just a chapter of it,\u201d Zimmerman explained. \u201cThe club is run by the American Cancer Society.\u201d
\nAny money the club gets goes to the American Cancer Society, she added. Since the formation of the club, Hood\u2019s CAC has devised multiple ways of raising money for the ACS.<\/p>\n

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Initial flyer for CAC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the club\u2019s first endeavors included selling T-shirts to raise money. The shirts will be available until April. They also sold paper cupcakes for $1 so that students and staff could write their names on them and display them in Whitaker.
\nThe club is also in the process of making \u201clily pads\u201d for the Johns Hopkins Pediatric Oncology ward. These lily pads, shaped like their namesake, are hard platforms that fit around a child\u2019s IV pole and allow the kids to be more mobile; they can sit or stand on the pad. The pads are painted with cheerful designs and colors.
\n\u201cWe had a rough start trying to figure out how to start [the club],\u201d Zimmerman admitted. \u201cSome things happened and we didn\u2019t get approved until October. I was getting frustrated but in the end we ended up getting approved.\u201d
\nThe club recently held a 50\/50 raffle at the High School Championship Basketball Tournament and was able to donate approximately $450 to the ACS.
\n\u201cOur goal is to raise as much money as possible for the ACS because it goes to anybody who has cancer within the United States,\u201d Zimmerman said.
\nZimmerman has high hopes that the club will carry on at Hood after she graduates. So far, there are three freshmen in the group who can continue the club\u2019s legacy.
\nAnyone wishing to donate, can mail donations to Zimmerman\u2019s Hood mailbox at 401 Rosemont Ave, 1137, Frederick, MD 21701-8524. Checks are payable to Hood College, but the memo line should state that it is for Colleges Against Cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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