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Show r " v. sfe ; ,,fl I sia.. ' 'ST' - s "is " I ' V I' I " f" J l v i - :M,Mff$M DONATE TO CAPJCER What can a child do to help ensure a healthier future? Send a mouse to college. Two thousand seven hundred south Davis elementary school students stu-dents did just that. They each donated the price of a mouse to the American Cancer Society. "EACH MOUSE costs 87 cents," Marion Peterson, Davis unit executive, said. "The kids were asked to donate don-ate enough to buy one mouse for cancer research. They con- steve 6mith, Marianne Marchant ana g'--Carlson, left to right, of Jennie P. Stewart Eleije tary School were among 2,700 elementary sen students to participate in "Send A Mouse To . lege" crusade sponsored by the American tan J Society- . v tributed almost $2,350." Mrs. Peterson reported that the fund-raising program was led by volunteer Helen Reeder of Bountiful. She supervised 'boy scouts who assembled materials and took the materials mate-rials to the 15 participating schools. A red badge was given to each child who donated, don-ated, boasting "I sent a mouse to college." AMERICAN Cancer Society Socie-ty workers were delighted with the students' respo N children knew the n donating to a serro" 1) Research now ma Qj or their families a S ter. Their coning help develop a cu someone from suffen,, cer can affect any I i. One student exp ' v person involvemetf fc rfiti wrote across the v ,! . envelop "Tto" R my mouse dies. |