Cricket Honors Local Students Involved in Leukemia & Lymphoma Society School & Youth Program
Cincinnati, Ohio – May 7, 2009 – Cricket Communications, Inc, a leading provider of unlimited wireless services, will host the first “Cricket Cares Thank You Party” to honor The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) School & Youth program participants, including the student and school that raised the most money for the cause, the program T-shirt design contest winner and LLS “hero” Megan Brankamp. Megan was diagnosed with leukemia on October 12, 2001, two days before she turned 3. She completed her chemotherapy treatments in December 2003. She currently is in remission and recently celebrated her cure date on December 18th 2008. The celebration will take place on May 9, from 4-6 p.m. at the Ronald Reagan Lodge at the Voice of America Park (MetroParks of Butler County, VOA Park Drive, off Cox Road) in West Chester.
“It has been our privilege to be a part of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s School & Youth program. It has been especially amazing to see how our youth can impact a community. Their efforts raised over $100,000 in just a few months,” says Patrick Jones, marketing manager for Cricket.
More than 350 local schools participated in the LLS School & Youth program; nine of which were a part of the Cricket Cares and School & Youth pilot program. Being a “Cricket School” made the school and students eligible for more incentives provided by Cricket, including a free cell phone for the student who fundraised the most and broadband service for the school that raised the most, both of which will be awarded at the thank you celebration. These schools include: Holmes High School, St. Henry District High School, Woodland Middle School, William Mason High School, Princeton High School, Harry Russell Elementary School, Xenia High School, CO Harrison, and Winton Woods.
As many students are planning for college or their summer vacations, Cricket and LLS are already looking forward to next year and a new wave of excited students to come together to compete for the 2009-2010 School & Youth program. Schools are able to sign up early to be a “Cricket School” by contacting Betsy Ruwe at LLS (Betsy.Ruwe@lls.org).
About Cricket
Cricket is the pioneer of simple and affordable unlimited wireless services with no long-term commitments or credit checks required serving more than four million customers in 32 states. Cricket offers wireless voice and broadband Internet services over the latest technology, high-quality, all-digital 3G CDMA2000 1X and 1xEV-DO wireless network. Cricket’s wireless voice service plans include unlimited anytime minutes, unlimited U.S. long distance, unlimited text and picture messaging, unlimited text to Mexico, unlimited Mobile Web, unlimited directory assistance, as well as a variety of calling features and feature-rich mobile applications such as popular games, ringtones and wallpapers. Cricket Broadband provides unlimited Internet access anywhere within Cricket’s coverage areas at speeds comparable to DSL. For more information on Cricket, visit www.mycricket.com. Cricket is offered by Leap Wireless International, Inc., headquartered in San Diego, Calif. For more information on Leap, visit www.leapwireless.com.
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About The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society®
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society®, headquartered in White Plains, NY, with 68 chapters in the United States and Canada, is the world’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing education and patient services. The Society’s mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. Since its founding in 1949, the Society has invested more than
$600 million in research specifically targeting leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Last year alone, the Society made 5.1 million contacts with patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals. The Southern Ohio Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society encompasses a geographic area of 22 counties serving Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, Dayton and the Miami Valley and southeastern Ohio. Supported entirely by contributions from local companies, organizations and individuals, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Southern Ohio Chapter raised more than $3 million for the 2008 fiscal year.
For more information about blood cancer, visit www.LLS.org or call the Society’s Information Resource Center (IRC), a call center staffed by master's level social workers, nurses and health educators who provide information, support and resources to patients and their families and caregivers. IRC information specialists are available at (800) 955-4572, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET.
