Devon Prep Middle School Students Raise Funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

April 24, 2012 - PRLog -- Devon Prep’s Christian Action Program (CAP) recently sponsored a Middle School “Up for a Cause,” a five hour fundraiser which netted $5,000 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.  Devon Prep Sixth, seventh and eighth graders participated in this event which included lots of food, a moon bounce, basketball, dodgeball, board games and prizes.

CAP also sponsored a similar event for Devon Prep’s Upper School students last fall, raising over $22,000, making the total donation to St. Jude’s nearly $30,000 this year. More than ten years ago Devon Prep was the first high school in the country to attempt this all night event to raise money for charity.  In the past, this type of event had only been sponsored by college students. In the years Devon Prep students have been “staying up,” they raised over $200,000 for hospitals that care for ill children.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (http://www.stjude.org/ ) was founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas to find cures, through research and treatment, for children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. On average 5,700 active patients visit the hospital each year, most of whom are treated on an outpatient basis. St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance.  No child is ever denied treatment because of the family’s inability to pay.

Devon Prep’s Christian Action Program is a service organization which includes nearly 50 middle and upper school students dedicated to caring for and helping those less fortunate. Their activities include collecting food for neighborhood shelters and food cupboards, hosting a Christmas party for residents of St. Edmond's Home, organizing clothing drives, sponsoring a Blood Drive for the American Red Cross and conducting fund raisers for several non-profit organizations.

Devon Prep is a private, Catholic, college preparatory school for young men in grades six through 12, conducted by the Piarist Fathers. Located on a 20 acre campus in Devon, Chester County, Devon Prep enrolls students who hail from the five county Philadelphia area. For more information call 610-688-7337 or visit www.devonprep.com or www.facebook.com/devonprep.