Students Supporting Brain Tumor Research

February 25

Students Supporting Brain Tumor Research

Students Supporting Brain Tumor Research (SSBTR) is the largest student run non-profit organization in Arizona. This year SSBTR is holding it’s 10th annual walkathon on Feb. 25. Students from schools around the Valley work together to run this non-profit organization while raising funds for brain tumor research. Each year interest has grown enormously as more and more schools and students want to become involved. Wonderful institutions such as Barrow Neurological Institute, National Brain Tumor Society, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Steele Children’s Research Center in Tucson and Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) are beneficiaries of the money they raise. In February 2011, there were more than 3,000 students in attendance and when everyone had finished circling the track, over $220,000 had been raised, bringing the total donations received since 2002 to over $1.5 million.

The Mayhew family has been involved with SSBTR since 2005, when Tim Mayhew lost his battle with brain cancer. Each year their school has won a trophy for raising the most money in the elementary school category. Christina Mayhew shares, “It is amazing to see these students come together and give so much of their time and passion to organizing this event. We all have one goal: to raise money to help find a cure so no other family has to go through this. I want to thank everyone who has supported us by participating in this event every year. It is such an encouragement to my family.”

For information on registering for the walk or making a donation, please visit www.ssbtr.org. When donating, select “The Caepe School” in the school/organization category.

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