I participated in Penn State's THON this semester. It was actually this weekend. And it was one of the best weekends of my life.

 

Penn State raised 6.6 million dollars for kids with cancer. We help them finicially through the Four Diamonds Fund, which is apart of Hershey Medical Center. I'm amazed that our school could raise that much money from October when the first canning trip was held to February.

 

Its weird to think about now, on one of my canning trips home, I learned that Morgan, a girl who I went to high school with was a Four Diamonds Child. She had cancer, which I was oblivious to and I didn't know she was apart of this program either. Now after her death, I've learned more about the Four Diamonds and realized her connection to it. Its hard because I was never really close to Morgan, although I knew of her and we were in the same clubs and stuff. It bothers me to know to this day that I could have learned from her, and now she's gone.

 

The theme of THON was "Hope Finds A Way"

Maybe one day it will.

 
   

 


 
 
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What is it with Wellsboro PA? I find about 6 people from there, I bumped into it because of one person from there. Actually I took a trip in Oct through the north pa, went through Wellsboro and Galeton twice. I ate in the little diner there, I believe it is on the corner where Rt6 makes a turn. Nice town. Much like Mt. Holly Springs WAS when I was a teen, that is LONG, LONG ago, let's say 1960 or so.

You know, I find the younger set here from towns like that are far more sensible... Hmmm. Is there something there? If I wanted to move somewhere else (I am near York PA) it would be a little further from a city into the edge of a place like Wellsboro, Gallitzin, Fairmont City, maybe even Towanda or Tuckhanock. The biggest negative to these is the increased amount of snow. People here are good, I just like the ones in the smaller towns better. And we have some like it too, you just have to get away from the larger towns.

Watch - I have some pics I will be posting of areas I was in.

 
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