Flanked by Emerging Health Professionals instructors Veronica DeBlois, left, and Kristin Applegate, right, students Madison Hoffman, second from left, Benjamin Fry, center, and Alya Wezza, are all smiles during a Leukemia & Lymphoma Society gala.

Three students from Lehigh Career & Technical Institute’s Emerging Health Professionals program recently helped raise nearly a quarter-million dollars for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The society celebrated their accomplishment at a Saturday (March 10) night gala.

The students — Madison Hoffman and Benjamin Fry, both of Northwestern Lehigh High School, and Alya Wezza, of Parkland High School — were tapped to participate in the Students of the Year campaign, which is run by the society’s Eastern Pennsylvania chapter.

Participants are selected from a pool of nominees with a demonstrated interest in volunteerism, philanthropy, community outreach and leadership. The campaign challenges participants to raise as much money as they can for the society in seven weeks. Top fundraisers win $2,500 and $1,000 scholarships.

Hoffman, Fry and Wezza each raised more than $10,000 for the society, but none of them were among the campaign’s biggest moneymakers. Altogether, Students of the Year participants raised $238,991.

Impressive work, Madison, Benjamin and Alya!

View the news release.

Media Contact: Precious Petty, Public Relations Coordinator, 610-799-1450, pettyp@lcti.org