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The Daily OrangeDorms to collect ink cartridges to aid in cancer research
By Janel Martinez
Posted: 10/15/07, 11:32 PM EST Section: News
Empty ink cartridges usually mean little more than a trip to the office supply store. Starting next week, the cartridges will be sought after in residence halls across the Syracuse University campus.
Each dormitory's front desk will have a box in which students can recycle their used printer cartridges. By recycling empty ink cartridges, students are helping cancer research and the environment.
The program will be accessible in all dorms, and a plan is being derived to bring it to South Campus, as well as offices and departments throughout the university.
The program is already available in Sky Halls on South Campus.
Helene Kahn, a sophomore policy studies major, has worked with the Student Association and the Office of Residence Life to implement "Cartridges for a Cure" throughout campus.
The program encourages recycling and raises money to promote both environmental causes and research to cure cancer among children.
Helene's brother, Eli Kahn, a 16-year-old cancer survivor, started "Cartridges for a Cure" because he wanted to give back to the hospital that helped save his life - Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md.
At two years old, Kahn was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia, which is cancer of the blood and bone marrow. He spent every other weekend for six months in CMSC 8, a medical unit of the Johns Hopkins Children's Center, and an additional two years as an outpatient undergoing chemotherapy.
Since he was six years-old, his cancer has been in remission.
"I wanted to find a way to give back to Johns Hopkins," said Eli Kahn, who is now a student at the Gilman School, an all boys day school in Maryland.
At the age of 12, Kahn founded "Cartridges for a Cure."
He said the idea came to him while searching for a community service project for his Bar Mitzvah. He set a goal for himself and achieved it, raising $1,800 for pediatric cancer research at Johns Hopkins' Division of Pediatric Oncology. To date, Kahn has raised more than $84,000. And $35,000 was the result of his personal efforts.
Each dormitory's front desk will have a box in which students can recycle their used printer cartridges. By recycling empty ink cartridges, students are helping cancer research and the environment.
The program will be accessible in all dorms, and a plan is being derived to bring it to South Campus, as well as offices and departments throughout the university.
The program is already available in Sky Halls on South Campus.
Helene Kahn, a sophomore policy studies major, has worked with the Student Association and the Office of Residence Life to implement "Cartridges for a Cure" throughout campus.
The program encourages recycling and raises money to promote both environmental causes and research to cure cancer among children.
Helene's brother, Eli Kahn, a 16-year-old cancer survivor, started "Cartridges for a Cure" because he wanted to give back to the hospital that helped save his life - Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md.
At two years old, Kahn was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia, which is cancer of the blood and bone marrow. He spent every other weekend for six months in CMSC 8, a medical unit of the Johns Hopkins Children's Center, and an additional two years as an outpatient undergoing chemotherapy.
Since he was six years-old, his cancer has been in remission.
"I wanted to find a way to give back to Johns Hopkins," said Eli Kahn, who is now a student at the Gilman School, an all boys day school in Maryland.
At the age of 12, Kahn founded "Cartridges for a Cure."
He said the idea came to him while searching for a community service project for his Bar Mitzvah. He set a goal for himself and achieved it, raising $1,800 for pediatric cancer research at Johns Hopkins' Division of Pediatric Oncology. To date, Kahn has raised more than $84,000. And $35,000 was the result of his personal efforts.
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Neeraj
posted 6/12/08 @ 12:42 AM EST
Hi! I think this is a great idea for the Cancer cure. I truly appreciate the idea. I think now we should think of how to get more and more cartrridges. (Continued…)
EddieSmith
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posted 10/06/08 @ 11:02 AM EST
This program should be extended to the office buildings because there I'm sure it will be more ink cartridges than anywhere else.
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