Reported by Angela Li
“Everyone can be great because everyone can serve.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
At an average total of $150,000, cancer treatment costs are more than four times higher than treatment for other common health conditions. Despite paying high costs for cancer treatment, some patients still suffer from inadequate treatment and are unable to receive a cure.
Canyon Crest Academy Be the Cure Club is a student-run club aiming to support chronic disease patients through fundraising and handmade-item donations, such as hats, scarves, and encouraging cards. The club cooperates with AYLUS to help more people in the community.
In hope to allow cancer patients to receive more efficient methods of treatment at a lower cost, Canyon Crest Academy Be the Cure Club, partnering with AYLUS, organized a bake sale on October 20th at Canyon Crest Academy to raise donations for cancer research at Moores Cancer Center, UC San DIego Health.
Healing Arts Club is a fundraising and community service-based club in Canyon Crest Academy that aims to use funds received from selling art created by students to donate to charities. In this particular art sale, the club set up bags and paintings printed with art done by CCA students. On October 20th, the club partnered with the Be the Cure Club and AYLUS to joint sell baking goods and art.
The bake sale sold around 30 desserts in total, most made by volunteers, and raised $45.
The following members participated in the donation event and with 2 volunteer hours for each:
Angela Li, Naomi Wu, Lauren Kan, Sofie Duan, Jessica Jiang
