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A Charity-a-Day: Health

American Cancer Society

The American Canccer Society is committed to  "providing programs aimed at reducing the risk of cancer, detecting cancer as early as possible, ensuring proper treatment, and empowering people facing cancer to cope and maintain the highest possible quality of life." according to the website, here.

The Relay For LIfe is the epitome of medical fundraising walks. The Relay for LIfe website, here, describes it as "Teams of people camp out at a local high school, park, or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event. Relays are an overnight event, up to 24 hours in length." I've heard it's pretty much amazing.

Make A Wish Foundation

Make-A-Wish is an incredible foundation. It grants "wishes" to children with life-threatening medical conditions. The wishes fall from "I want a playhouse," to "I want to meet Miley Cyrus and see her concert." I personally have experience with Make A Wish, and I only have good things to say. Our "Wish Granter," Mitch, was amazing. He came out to the airport to wish us goodbye. He lived way out in the country, and our flight left at 6 AM. He met us at abut 4:30 AM. Amazing.

However, if you want to volunteer, the Ways to Help page on the site is very informative.

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disease. According to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation site, "Cystic fibrosis is an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States (70,000 worldwide)."

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation holds various events throughout the year, but the one that's most widely known is Great Strides, the fundraising walk. Spokane's walk is held at the Jundt Art Museum on the Gonzaga campus. More information is here.

 

In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.