“Long Valley, NJ teens raise just under $10,000 on skateboard mission to Skate Cape May - Morris County Daily Record” |
| Posted: 24 Aug 2010 04:03 AM PDT Nine days, 230 miles, several rainy downpours and an injured hip later, the two Long Valley teens who headed out to skate the state to raise money for childhood cancer two weeks ago, reached the end of their trip. Last Wednesday, Danny Brookes and Edwin Zhang, both 16, reached their last stop at Cape May, and for the first time since they started their quest on Aug. 10, threw their skateboards in a car and drove the rest of the way back home. So far, the teens have raised $9,000 for Alex's Lemonade Stand, a foundation that raises money for childhood cancer research. Alex's Lemonade Stand was founded by Alexandra "Alex" Scott, a young girl with cancer who held lemonade stands in her front yard to raise money for childhood cancer research. Alex died in 2004, at the age of 8. Though, at the moment, they're just below the halfway point for their goal of $20,000, Brookes and Zhang are not discouraged. "Even though we didn't raise our total goal of $20,000, I still feel like we made a pretty big impact," Zhang said. Liz Scott, Alex's mother, said in an e-mail statement to the Daily Record that when she heard of Brooke's and Zhang's idea, she was "amazed that two teenage boys would be so dedicated to the fight against childhood cancer." "These two boys are great examples of the spirit of Alex and Alex's Lemonade Stand - that anyone, at any age, can make a difference in the world. We are inspired by their commitment to this cause," Scott said. The teens' arrival to Cape May to set up their final lemonade stand to raise money for the organization came without pomp and circumstance, but brought with it plenty of satisfaction. "I hope that the money that we raised will help someone significantly," Brookes said. "We've put hope into a lot of people's hearts and minds. About 100 miles into the trip, Brookes began having severe hip pain, so he took some pain medication and biked 40 miles one day, and 10 miles the next, until his tire popped. Then, he got right back on his longboard and skated the rest of the way. When Brookes and Zhang got to Cape May, a family with a young daughter who'd survived a very rare form of childhood kidney cancer stopped by to tell the teens they appreciated what they were doing. "It really helped us to know that we were doing something really good for a bunch of children," Brookes said. Brookes and Zhang - who plan on making this an annual event - are still accepting donations. For more information, visit their website, www.SkateCapeMay.com. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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