CROSS LANES, W.Va. — The Andrew Jackson Middle School area came with each other Monday to provide a $1,418 donation to Autumn Cole, a senior from Nitro Higher School, as she continues her battle along with Leukemia.
Ronald Cole, Autumn’s grandfather, accepted the examine regard her behalf throughout an event held at the school.
“It’s not simply Autumn, I think, it’s simply concerning an 18-year-old obtaining strike along with a life threatening illness and exactly how the area will certainly simply come from the woodworks to assist them,” Cole said of exactly what the donation suggested to him or her and his family.
Autumn is a previous AJMS student that Cole said has actually Higher hopes for the future.
“She’s been accepted to Marshall University and her chance is to be a neonatal nurse,” he said. “She’s committed. She’s heading to make that graduation date.”
“Her beneficial attitude is truly pulling her with this,” her grandfather told reporters.
The your hard earned cash was donated by students at AJMS. Organizer and 7th grade math teacher Ken Ramsey said for each $100 they raised, a student would certainly be permitted to throw a pie at a teacher’s face. In addition, a couple of male teachers said if a group raised a lot more compared to that, they would certainly shave their heads.
“I would’ve liked to increase $1,000. That was my minimum objective coming in to it and they’ve exceeded every one of my expectations, so I’m fairly pleased to be wasting my hair to this cause,” Ramsey said.
Ramsey, that presented the examine to Cole, said the funds are to insight along with Autumn’s clinical bills. He said it simply goes to prove to exactly how giving their students are.
“These are 11, 12, 13 year old youngsters that are being so generous. We’ve possessed students delivering in $100 themselves and simply a terrific point to observe that they’re so warm-hearted,” he said.
Cole said the family is waiting to learn through doctors concerning exactly what Autumn’s following action of procedure is.
“There’s an outside possibility that the initial procedure might have actually carried out the task and if so, every one of our prayers will certainly be answered,” he said.
