Clovis West 'Team Eagles' raises money for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Students astatine Clovis West High School are taking enactment to enactment the Central Valley's Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Juniors Gianna Ruth and Cadence Gabriel are starring Team Eagles, and the radical has until April 19 to rise $200,000 for LLS.

"We've had household members and friends that person suffered with leukemia," Ruth shared. "So we truly wanted to effort and marque a alteration and fundraise for specified a large cause."

Rebeka Henkelmann, a Buchanan High School student, was diagnosed with AML Leukemia earlier she turned 15 years old. Beka is present successful remission.

However, Ruth and Gabriel cognize others successful the Valley are praying for that aforesaid outcome.

"Think of it conscionable arsenic uncovering a cure for crab and supporting that," said Ruth. "That's what you're raising wealth for."

Gabriel added: "Not us, not the program."

"But to springiness radical a accidental astatine a large life," Ruth explained.

The fundraiser is portion of the LLS Student Visionaries of the Year program, which is simply a seven-week philanthropic contention against 13 different teams successful the Fresno region.

Cadence said, successful bid to scope their fundraising goal, it's important to find sponsors and dispersed the connection astir the effort.

The 2 students had the accidental to articulation ABC30's quality spouse -- KMJ -- to speech astir the fundraiser.

"It was truly nerve-wracking the archetypal clip that we had to benignant of spell and contiguous our full happening successful beforehand of them, but it's taught america to person amended nationalist speaking skills," Gabriel shared. "So it's wide been good."

On March 22, Team Eagles volition clasp a drive-thru fundraiser astatine BODY Fitness and Spa successful northeast Fresno from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., wherever radical tin donate and triumph prizes.

If you're funny successful donating online oregon by mail, sojourn the Team Eagles fundraising page.

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