BAND-AID DRIVE FOR SICK KIDS SCHOOL HELPS CANCER PATIENTS COLLECT COLORFUL DONATIONS.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer PALMDALE - Students at Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. Vista School have collected 547 boxes of colorful children's Band-Aids as part of a campaign by two young cancer patients to make fellow patients' lives brighter. Rancho Vista students since November have been collecting the Band-Aid boxes, which will be donated to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , where patients 13-year-old Spencer Brandt and 8-year-old Joshua Ludicke became friends. ``We are proud of our school. It pulled the whole school together when we could help beyond the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley ,'' said Jennifer Owen, a third-grade teacher and student council adviser. ``It opened our eyes and our hearts.'' Since November, Spencer's and Joshua's efforts have resulted in the collection of 4,172 Band-Aid boxes that came from schools, businesses, Lancaster city workers, Sheriff's Department employees, hospitals, community groups and churches. ``We have a lot more to come. It really makes a big difference,'' said Spencer's mother, Liz Brandt. Spencer came up with the idea last year after seeing a young fellow patient stop screaming from the painful removal of an IV after a Power Ranger Band-Aid was put on him. The boys had both attended Grace Lutheran School Lutheran schools and education were a priority for Lutherans who emigrated to the United States and Australia from Germany and Scandinavia. One of the first things they did was to create schools for their children. in Lancaster and became friends in the hospital. Originally diagnosed in 1999 with leukemia leukemia (l  kē`mēə), cancerous disorder of the blood-forming tissues (bone marrow, lymphatics, liver, spleen) characterized by excessive production of immature or mature , Spencer was in remission for 14 months before relapsing in March. Liz Brandt said her son is in remission again but is continuing chemotherapy treatments and is being home-schooled. Joshua has Burkitt's lymphoma Bur·kitt's lymphoma n. An undifferentiated malignant lymphoma usually occurring among children in central Africa, characterized by a large osteolytic lesion in the mandible or by a mass in the retroperitoneal area and associated with the Epstein-Barr , of which about 400 cases a year occur in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , his father said. The condition was diagnosed after Joshua began complaining in May that his stomach hurt. After five rounds of chemotherapy, he is in remission and back to school at Grace Lutheran. Boxes of Band-Aids or donations to buy Band-Aids can be dropped off or mailed to the UPS Store at 38713 Tierra Subida Road, Suite 200-156, Palmdale, CA 93551. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: From left, Rancho Vista teacher Jennifer Owen, Student Body President Brianna Adams, and Vice President Taylor Crowder pose with some of the donations for the boys' drive. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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