Annual Fundraisers

 

NHS successfully raised $2057.66 for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). LLS is a global leader in the fight against blood cancer. It helps patients navigate their cancer treatment and ensures they have access to quality, affordable and coordinated care.

 

NHS raised $1211.06 this year for Save the Children, a leading humanitarian organization committed to providing children in the U.S. and around the world a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn, and protection from harm. Save the Children seeks to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting changes in their lives.

 

NHS successfully raised $1580 this year for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, a leading pediatric hospital that provides care for childhood cancer and other diseases. St. Jude's focuses on helping the world understand, treat, and defeat life-threatening diseases.   

 

NHS raised $1110 this year for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the nation's largest non-profit organization committed to raising awareness of mental health and suicide. AFSP focuses on funding research, encouraging greater discussion of mental health, and reaching out to those affected by suicide. 

 

NHS was able to raise $1615 for Doctors Without Borders, an organization dedicated to providing medical aid to individuals around the world. With medical projects in over 70 countries, Doctors Without Borders focuses on both responding to emergency disasters as well as providing long-term medical care. Additionally, the organization seeks to bring awareness to the issues they witness. 

 

NHS raised approximately $1500 for the World Wildlife Fund.  This endangered species conservancy helps to maintain and protect habit for endangered species around the world.  They also lead food conservation and provision initiatives to feed the hungry. See http://www.worldwildlife.org/initiatives for more details.

 

In less than 3 weeks, NHS raised $1475.31 for Feed the Children, a non-profit relief organization that works to end child hunger in the United States and around the world. It does so by providing nourishing meals every day to more than 350,00 children.

 

NHS raised $909.27 for Save the Children. This organization helps underprivileged children in 120 countries in areas such as health and education. Families were in great need this year due to crises in Syria and other African nations. Our fundraiser brought awareness to issues that are hard to understand and allowed us to help children around the world.

 

Social Assistance Program for Vietnam is a non-profit organization that provides relief for people in need throughout Vietnam. We raised over $2000 to provide heart surgeries for several children who could no afford them.

 

 

 

La Quinta Science Department Fundraiser (2009-2010)

Last year, NHS raised over $500 to buy the science department a new electrolysis apparatus, given as a gift from NHS, and a new vacuum pump.