Super Hero night is coming, and Athletic Leadership is asking all Allatoona students and parents to be a part!
In 2018, Allatoona High School alum Turner Cockrell lost his courageous fight against cancer while attending college at Vanderbilt. In his honor, a nonprofit was started, Turner’s Heroes, whose purpose is to raise funds for discovery grants to fight pediatric cancer. For the next two weeks, you have a chance to be a part of this fight and for students to earn community service hours.
Students have a chance to earn community service hours three different ways:
1. Purchase a Turner’s Heroes t-shirt on MyPaymentsPlus for $15 for 1 hour of service*
2. Purchase a Turner’s Heroes cape on MyPaymentsPlus for $10 for 1 hour of service*
3. Donate a new, unwrapped toy to be delivered to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta for pediatric cancer patients for up to 4 hours. Please make sure your donated toy(s) are on the approved CHOA list(attached)**
T-shirts and capes will be sold online through Wednesday, October 26th and can be picked up at the HELM desk during lunches on Thursday and Friday, October 27 and 28. Cash sales of shirts and capes will occur outside the gate at the home football game on Friday, October 28.
Toys are accepted the entire week and the night of the football game at the table where t-shirts and capes are sold. A receipt with the student’s name must be included with the toy(s) to be given credit for hours earned. Additional information, including drop off locations, can be found on the attached flyer.
All students and fans should wear their capes and shirts to the game on Friday, October 28th, as the Bucs play host to Sequoyah. Several pregame events honoring the life of Turner and pediatric cancer patients will occur, so please make plans to attend. That evening students will be collecting change at the game for donations, so make sure to bring some cash to donate to this worthy cause. Don’t like to bring cash to game? Don’t worry-you can donate via credit card at MyPaymentsPlus.
See any member of athletic leadership for more details on this event and for information on how you can help be a part of the fight against pediatric cancer.
*a maximum of six hours can be earned from the purchase of capes and t-shirts
**donated toys must be from the suggested items sheet attached to receive credit- $10=1 hour for a maximum of 4 hours earned
Amie Howard
Assistant Principal/Athletic Director
Allatoona High School
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