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Independence, MO —
A big project: Kristine Bodine, a junior at the Fort Osage Career and Technology Center, has a passion about fighting breast cancer.
A grandmother died of breast cancer, and her other grandmother has it.
“It’s really close to my heart. It’s near and dear to me,” said Bodine, 17, a resident of Atherton.
On Thursday, she presented a $1,000 check to the regional office of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, which funds breast-cancer research and promotes awareness and screening.
How did she do it: Kristine, carrying a 3.0 GPA and hoping to be a nurse, is in an advanced marketing class, part of the DECA program.
Teacher Tracy Christie assigned students – Kristine is focused on public relations – to write a 30-page paper and make a presentation.
Kristine decided to raise money in two ways. She organized a breast cancer walk at the school in November, putting up hundreds of flyers at the Career and Technology Center, Osage Trail Middle School and Fort Osage High School, all on the same campus.
The hardest part, she said, was getting people involved.
“I had to push it through,” she says. The walk raised $126.
Also, students at the Career and Technology Center had a “penny war,” bringing in coins – pennies for your classroom, silver to count against another classroom, pizza for the wnners and all for a good cause – that raised about $1,600. Of that, $874 went for Komen (making $1,000), and the rest went to the Independence Animal Shelter.
“She deserves all the credit,” said Christie, the teacher. “I just guide her and try to facilitate.”
How does it help: Theresa Osenbaugh, community outreach manager for Komen’s regional office, said 75 percent of the donation stays local and 25 percent goes for research.
Kristine’s contribution, she said, helps a good deal. It costs $218 for a clinical exam and mammogram for one woman, she said. Komen recommends an annual mammogram for every woman 40 and older.
“It’s inspiring,” Osenbaugh said. “We always believe at Komen that we’re part of a grassroots effort.”
Next: Kristine makes a presentation about her project at a DECA regional competition Feb. 13 at Independence Center.
It’s been a lot of work so far, she said.
“But you know what? In the end, it was worth it.”
A big project: Kristine Bodine, a junior at the Fort Osage Career and Technology Center, has a passion about fighting breast cancer.
A grandmother died of breast cancer, and her other grandmother has it.
“It’s really close to my heart. It’s near and dear to me,” said Bodine, 17, a resident of Atherton.
On Thursday, she presented a $1,000 check to the regional office of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, which funds breast-cancer research and promotes awareness and screening.
How did she do it: Kristine, carrying a 3.0 GPA and hoping to be a nurse, is in an advanced marketing class, part of the DECA program.
Teacher Tracy Christie assigned students – Kristine is focused on public relations – to write a 30-page paper and make a presentation.
Kristine decided to raise money in two ways. She organized a breast cancer walk at the school in November, putting up hundreds of flyers at the Career and Technology Center, Osage Trail Middle School and Fort Osage High School, all on the same campus.
The hardest part, she said, was getting people involved.
“I had to push it through,” she says. The walk raised $126.
Also, students at the Career and Technology Center had a “penny war,” bringing in coins – pennies for your classroom, silver to count against another classroom, pizza for the wnners and all for a good cause – that raised about $1,600. Of that, $874 went for Komen (making $1,000), and the rest went to the Independence Animal Shelter.
“She deserves all the credit,” said Christie, the teacher. “I just guide her and try to facilitate.”
How does it help: Theresa Osenbaugh, community outreach manager for Komen’s regional office, said 75 percent of the donation stays local and 25 percent goes for research.
Kristine’s contribution, she said, helps a good deal. It costs $218 for a clinical exam and mammogram for one woman, she said. Komen recommends an annual mammogram for every woman 40 and older.
“It’s inspiring,” Osenbaugh said. “We always believe at Komen that we’re part of a grassroots effort.”
Next: Kristine makes a presentation about her project at a DECA regional competition Feb. 13 at Independence Center.
It’s been a lot of work so far, she said.
“But you know what? In the end, it was worth it.”
