St. Baldrick's

In preparation for this event, I charged my camera and when we got to DGS I took a few pictures. When the time came for Sam to have her head shaved, my camera card was full. (GO figure, just my luck) Luckily my daughter Cory had her camera and handed it to me so I could get the 10 thousand pictures I take at every event. SO all worked out and thanks to Cory saving the day here are the after pictures of both my girls. The St. Baldrick's event at Downers Grove South was very exciting. They raised over $65,000.00 dollars. Plus they had a special guest speaker Mikayla Sweeny, she is a SJS student who has battled cancer and won. When Mikayla came to kindergarten her hair had just started growing back. Friday she told a special story of a preschool friend who defended her when the other children made fun of her for being bald. She also spoke of how Nate shaves his head every year to support her and all the other children going through cancer. Although I had a schedule of events for that afternoon, I didn't make the connection when I read her name on the list. I was pleasantly surprised to find out it was her. I understand she spoke at last years event as well. Let me tell you what a great job she did speaking in front of that many students, family and faculty. (it was packed)

I am so proud of both my girls for their support with this foundation and Mikayla for her bravery to tell her story. This was a wonderful experience for everyone who attended.

Thanks for letting me share a little bit of Cherney news, I will be posting pictures of our Science day and St. Patrick's Day activities. (Probably tomorrow) So check back soon!

The Cherney Family

This past week I was exceptionally busy with my family, that is why I didn't get the blog updated and for that I apologize. I am dedicating this weeks blog to my two daughters. Last year they decided they were going to join St. Baldrick's and raise money to help fight childhood cancer. My oldest daughter Cory (who is a NICU nurse at Good Sam) joined the St. Baldrick's team sponsored by Midwest University here in Downers Grove. Their venue was held at Ballydoyles last Monday and as of that night they raised over $20,000 dollars. It was an exciting evening. Cory and so many others shaved their heads in support of those who lose their hair to cancer. Cory was the top fundraiser for the event and was the first up to shave her head. Sam, my youngest daughter (a Freshman at Downers Grove South )is shaving her head this Friday during a pep assembly. The DGS venue has raise over $33,000.00 dollars. My girls together raised over $2600.00 dollars for the foundation. Our family knows first hand how devastating Cancer is and I am so proud of them for taking part in this fundraising event.

We shared in Cory's head shaving last week and we anxiously await Sam's turn on Friday. I am posting a before picture of the two of them, but will post an after picture when Sam has her head shaved. Thank you for letting me share a little bit of Cherney news with you all. I have such a wonderful family and I know you will all agree how blessed we are to have such happy, healthy children.

Dr. Seuss

Last week we celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday! We had so much fun reading his books and watching some movies based on his books. We also compared and contrasted the books to the movies. We watched "The Lorax" and "The Cat in the Hat" and "Green Eggs and Ham" , after we read the books we retold the story by answering questions and writing about the movies. We also made a Cat in the hat "at" word hat! So much fun. I must say they looked adorable in their "Cat in the hat" we made. This week we will be reading stories about Leprechauns and making a treasure box just in case a leprechaun visits our classroom and leaves us some of his gold.

Tuesday we will have hands on Science day. We will be exploring chemical and physical change, it is a yummy science day!

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