Lady Kats honor KISD Employee & Police Officer with donation

Money from cancer awareness drive goes to charities

The Kennedale High School Volleyball team will donate proceeds from their ?Pink Out? cancer awareness volleyball game to two charities in the name of two individuals, {{more:Read more …}}KISD Business Manager Sue Martin and FTW Police Officer Damon Cole.

 

presentation at KISD Board meeting Thursday …

Head Coach Jennifer Patterson announced that the team will be on hand at the Thursday evening meeting of the KISD Board of Trustees this week to make the presentation.

Sue Martin has worked for the school district since 1979, all in the Superintendent?s Office/Administration Building working with four different superintendents.

 

“am so proud of you and your girls” …

Martin told Coach Patterson in an email this week, ?Am so proud of you and your girls. Because of efforts like this new treatments have been created and a cure can only be around the corner.” Martin added, “I am a perfect example of how the new treatments are working.”

The regular monthly board meeting is Thursday evening at 7 p.m. at the KISD Media Center located behind Wildcat Stadium on the campus of Kennedale High School, 901 Wildcat Drive in Kennedale.

Patterson said that they [team] hoped to bring attention and awareness to these two charities and their cause – breast cancer and childhood cancer.

 

40k + breast cancer deaths yearly & 43 new children cancer cases daily

 

Breast Cancer Facts (

American Cancer Society, Inc)

• Total new cases 60,290 and deaths 40,290 based on 2015 stats
• Risk increases with age with 1,650 new cases under age 40 jumping to 16,970 between the ages of 50-59.

Childhood Cancer Facts (

CureSearch for Children?s Cancer)

• Across all ages, ethnic groups and socio-economics is the number one cause of death by disease in children.
• Every day, 43 children are diagnosed with cancer at the average age of six, 12% do not survive.

LINKS:

Susan G

Komen

Heroes

and Cops Against Childhood Cancer