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There is No Humor When it Comes to Tumors

There is No Humor When it Comes to Tumors. Community of Need.

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There is No Humor When it Comes to Tumors

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  1. There is No Humor When it Comes to Tumors

  2. Community of Need Our Community of Need are kids from ages 2-18 with brain tumors or brain cancer. During our research we have learned a lot more about our Community of Need. We learned that there are four main types of brain tumors: benign, malignant, primary, and secondary:(University of Medicine and Dentistry, 2012). We have also learned that there are many treatments for this disease, such as chemotherapy, radiation, biopsy, and surgery to help fight the brain tumor.(2012 Scientific American Mind division of nature). Each of these treatments can range in cost from one thousand dollars to two-hundred thousand dollars. Additionally, we have learned how someone is diagnosed. Mainly the Image Guided Neurosurgery lead by the MRI system spots and identifies the cancer in the brain. (University of medicine and dentistry, 2012). In our research we found some important statics. In the year 2005, 18,500 people were diagnosed with a form of Brain Tumor and 12,760 of those diagnosed people have died. That is over 66% or two out of three people that have died in the year 2005. (University of Medicine and Dentistry, 2012). In addition to the treatments offered, moral support is also needed. Love and compassion from family, friends and peers is extremely important. In conclusion, our Community of Need, are kids from ages 2-18 with brain tumors or brain cancer who go through countless hours of treatment every day.

  3. Community of Need Kids from “Tomorrow’s Children” come and play in Mark Messier Skyway, which was kindly donated by retired Rangers Captain Mark Messier.

  4. Community of Need This is where the children get their treatments for the day.

  5. Community of Need This is a picture of the plaque in the game room in the “Tomorrow’s Children” wing where kids can relax after their treatments for the day.

  6. Community of Response Our Community of Response is “The Guma Foundation.” The Guma Foundation raises money and gives it to an organization called, “Tomorrow’s Children.” Tomorrow’s Children is an organization that treats and houses children from ages two through eighteen with brain tumors or brain cancer. The Guma Foundation, on average raises over $10,000 a year to give to Tomorrow’s Children, they also donate things to Tomorrow’s Children like my group does, just more costly items like gaming systems. Also, they donate a scholarship to a lucky person living in Secaucus every year. Some accomplishments of this foundation are donating $10,000-$15,000 a year to Tomorrow’s Children, and donating thousands of dollars a year directly to families who have a child with a brain tumor. Over the past 5 years, they have donated $60,000-$70,000 to Tomorrow’s Children.(According to the Guma foundation, 2011) We have chosen this community of need because it is a family owned organization. Riley’s Grandmother is the owner, whose son died of a brain tumor. To collect money, the foundation has an annual “Casino Night” where families come in to gamble and have fun. When you win games, you get raffles tickets. You then place the tickets in buckets in front of the prize you would like to win. In conclusion, the Guma Foundation and the Tomorrow’s Children organization help families cope with a child who is going through treatment of a brain tumor.

  7. Community of Response This shows “Tomorrow Children” Twenty-five year journey with treating children with cancer.

  8. Community of Response Ralphy’s Room is a place where parents can go and comfort each other and help each other through these though times.

  9. Community of Response This is the colorful doorway that leads to “Tomorrow’s Children.”

  10. List of Goals • 1.We will have a bake sale to raise money for our Community of Need. • 2.We will raise a total of $250 by the end of our project. • 3.We will use the money we raise to buy toys and games for our Community of Need. • 4.We will visit the Hackensack University Medical Center and throw a party for the patients. • 5.We will make a difference in our Community of Need lives.

  11. Timeline

  12. List of Accomplishments • We Handed out flyers to the entire seventh grade and family members, which raises awareness for our cause. • At our Bake Sale we raised a total of $281, which was $31 passed our goal of $250. • We bought toys, games and food and donated them to Tomorrow’s Children at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, New Jersey. • We raised awareness by giving away our chocolate awareness ribbon lollipops which had a sticker we created with them explaining different facts about brain tumors to the public. • We made a difference the our Community of Need’s lives.

  13. Bake sale Our group held a bake sale to raise money for our Community of Need. We raised over $281, which beat our goal of raising $250.

  14. Shopping for our Community of Need Our group went shopping for our Community of Need. We went to our local BJ’s and bought toys and activity games.

  15. Visiting the Hospital We went to Hackensack University Medical Center to deliver our gifts to the Hospital and take a tour of the Hospital.

  16. Jason’s Blog Entry #3 We have done a lot of work so far. First, this entire week we have been working hard passing out flyers and baking for our bake sale. People all around the school know about our bake sale and we are planning for it to be a huge success. Yes, I believe we have done enough work for this project. We have been working very hard to get the word around for our bake sale. Also, we are already planning what else we can do in the future to raise money like selling wristbands, having a garage sale and having a party for the patients. There has only been one obstacle. The obstacle is that it might rain on the day of the bake sale, but we have already set a rain date for the following day.

  17. Anthony’s Blog Entry #6 My group has been doing extremely well so far. We held a bake sale for the charity named "Tomorrow’s Children" and raised around 300 dollars! We recently were supposed to hold a goodie sale where we sell little chocolates shaped in the brain tumor/brain cancer color and shape. Also on each of the chocolates we are putting a fact on it so people are knowledgeable about this cause. This bake sale not only helped us raise money , but we are using this money to throw a party for the kids with these various types of brain tumors/cancers. Not only are we working hard to get a good grade, that’s not a big part of it, the biggest part is seeing these kids happy and with smiles on there faces. That’s more joy than any type of grade.Therefore, as you can see my group has been hardworking, dedicated to this service learning project. We WILL make sure that all of our goals for this are successful. All in all, this has been a rewarding experience and I hope we have more service learning projects in the future

  18. Peter’s Blog Entry #7 1. The biggest challenge or obstacle that we faced throughout our service learning project was finding dates that we could complete our service.2. This challenge occurred, because we were all on different schedules, with sports and other activities.3. We handled this obstacle by planning ahead and seeing what dates were available ahead of time.4. Yes, I do believe that I gave my best effort while doing our project and avoiding our challenge, because I put all of my time into the project, and even when I couldn't meet with my group, I still did my work at home.5. From facing this obstacle, I learned that when it comes to helping children with brain tumors, or others in need, nothing should get in the way with that.6. If I could start all over again, I would try to find people with a similar schedule as me, so that my obstacle wouldn't come into play.

  19. Riley’s Blog Entry #4 • 1. 3/25/2012-- I handed out flyers informing our peers on the upcoming bake sale my group members and I were hosting, we also had announcements.2. 4/1/2012-- My group members and I hosted the bake sale sat green side park and made $280.00!3. 4/8-4/15 We have been collecting new ideas for another way to raise money, we are currently designing a chocolate bar with a fully customized wrapper that we are going to sell to the public for a mere $1.

  20. A Special thanks To… • Mr. and Mrs. Calabria- Helping our group plan, baking goods for the bake sale, and making chocolates to raise awareness. • Mr. and Mrs. Guma-Helping our group plan, baking for the bake sale and staying in touch with our Community of Response. • Mrs. Magnotta-Baking goods for our bake sale. • Mr. and Mrs. Yarem-Buying candy and other goods for our bake sale. • Lynn Hoffman-Showing us around Hackensack University Medical Center, writing back to us and staying touch with our group.

  21. Works Cited Bigner, Darell. “Cure for Childhood Brain Tumors.” January, 2010. Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. 19 February, 2012 <http://www.pbtfus.org/medcomm/research/pediatricbrain-tumor-factupdated> Foltz, Gregory. “New Hope For Battling Brain Cancer.” Scientific American Mind. 21 (2010): 50-57. Whitlock, Harriet. “Brain Tumor: The Brain.” Healthy New Jersey. (2011)

  22. Letter From Our Community of Response Tomorrows Children's Fund Hackensack University Medical Center May 22, 2012 Don Imus Honorary Chairman George Martin Honorary President Mark Messier Honorary Vice President David Jurist Co-President John V. Bivona Co-President Donald A. Caminiti Vice President Kendal Garvin Secretary Lynn Hoffman Treasurer/Executive Director Mrs. Wendy Guma 2273 Sunrise Court Scotch Plains, NJ 07076 Dear Wendy, Thank you for bringing Riley, Anthony, Peter and Jason into the Tomorrows Children's Fund with the items they purchased from their school service project. The food was put out for patients and their families to enjoy in both the outpatient and inpatient units. Our Child Life team has stocked their shelves with your gifts and the cash donation will be used for our celebration at the end of June. This year marks our 30th anniversary of service to young children who are fighting cancer or a serious blood disorder. We have achieved many milestones since our founding. Our move to Hackensack University Medical Center 25 years ago allows us to better serve the hundreds of children from New Jersey and the surrounding area that are diagnosed each year and enter our doors for treatment. We are proud to be the only state designated pediatric bone marrow/stem cell transplant unit. Please accept our sincere appreciation for your kindness. Your donation continues to bring hope, care and good health to so many children who enter the doors of Tomorrows Children. Sincere! Lynn Hoffman Executive Director

  23. By:Jason Calabria(Period 4)Riley Guma(Period 4)Anthony Magnotta(Period 1)Peter Yarem(Period 1)Due Date: 5/31/12

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