Shields students help fight leukemia
Shields Elementary School recently participated in a community service project to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Through the Pennies for Patients campaign, students and staff raised $2,068.16 to support research, education, and patient services.
Several students took the lead in this community service project and assisted with the coordination and collection of pennies that will be used to help find a cure for both childhood and adult blood cancers. Pictured in the top row are (l-r) Michael Watson, Jacob Cunningham and Nate Willard. In front are Talbot Buck, Isabella Kwan, Annabelle Burrows, Michelle Lin and Miranda Perez-Rivera.
Melissa Steele is a staff writer covering the state Legislature, government and police. Her newspaper career spans more than 30 years and includes working for the Delaware State News, Burlington County Times, The News Journal, Dover Post and Milford Beacon before coming to the Cape Gazette in 2012. Her work has received numerous awards, most notably a Pulitzer Prize-adjudicated investigative piece, and a runner-up for the MDDC James S. Keat Freedom of Information Award.
