Riverside School District Raises $1,425 for Northeast Regional Cancer Institute

From left to right: Karen M. Saunders, President, Northeast Regional Cancer Institute, Luke Russomano, Mason Owens, Mady Owens, Grace Sochovka and Mr. Dave Walsh, Riverside Elementary East Principal.

Riverside School District hosted their own colon cancer awareness t-shirt fundraiser in March to sell to students, teachers and families in the school district as a way to support the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute’s colon cancer education and awareness campaign, C.A.S.U.A.L. ( Colon Cancer Awareness Saves Unlimited Adult Lives) Day.

The fundraiser was led by a Riverside School District Mother, Kim Owens. Kim has been a longtime supporter of C.A.S.U.A.L. Day as her husband Dennis passed away from colon cancer at a young age. She started her own C.A.S.U.A.L. Day team to honor him. The school designed and sold their own colon cancer awareness t-shirt and donated the proceeds to support the work of the Cancer Institute. Several families in the Riverside school district have been affected by colon cancer.

Proceeds from the C.A.S.U.A.L. Day benefit the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute efforts to raise colorectal cancer awareness and support colorectal cancer screenings for low income, un/underinsured individuals.