Teen Raising Money For Cancer Research
According to www.press-citizen.com the story about a teenager named Mitchell Landau who has a family history of cancer and a school project to complete is raising money for the American Cancer Society captured my attention.
Mitchell Landau is a South East Junior High eighth-grader and he plans to raise money by using family connections at restaurants in Iowa City, North Liberty, Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Waverly and Moline, Ill.
On Monday, 10 percent of total sales at nine restaurants in those cities, including the Brown Bottle in Iowa City and North Liberty, will go toward the project. The project was created when Landau was assigned to do at least four hours of community service for his personal development class at school. He said he remembered the effects of cancer in his family, including his grandmother dying of colon cancer. His aunt is fighting breast cancer as well, he said.
"I thought I wanted to do something cancer-related," he said. "The biggest cancer-related group I could think of was the American Cancer Society."
His father, David Landau, suggested mirroring a project that benefited the Iowa City Hospice done at the Brown Bottle in Iowa City and North Liberty, both of which he owns with his wife, Gina. Mitchell's project grew as he enlisted the help of two uncles and his grandfather.
"They just came over for Thanksgiving and I asked," Mitchell Landau said. "Cancer has touched all of us, and it has changed people's lives."
David Landau said he expects business to double Monday as people hear about the project, a thought echoed by Mitchell Landau.
"The more people who come in, the more that goes to the cancer society," he said. "Their eating can help people fight cancer and maybe find a cure."
To Read more go to:
http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070106/NEWS01/701060309
If you live in the area of these restaurants think about visiting on the Double Monday. Thank you to Mitchell Landau for his help in this fight against cancer.
Mitchell Landau is a South East Junior High eighth-grader and he plans to raise money by using family connections at restaurants in Iowa City, North Liberty, Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Waverly and Moline, Ill.
On Monday, 10 percent of total sales at nine restaurants in those cities, including the Brown Bottle in Iowa City and North Liberty, will go toward the project. The project was created when Landau was assigned to do at least four hours of community service for his personal development class at school. He said he remembered the effects of cancer in his family, including his grandmother dying of colon cancer. His aunt is fighting breast cancer as well, he said.
"I thought I wanted to do something cancer-related," he said. "The biggest cancer-related group I could think of was the American Cancer Society."
His father, David Landau, suggested mirroring a project that benefited the Iowa City Hospice done at the Brown Bottle in Iowa City and North Liberty, both of which he owns with his wife, Gina. Mitchell's project grew as he enlisted the help of two uncles and his grandfather.
"They just came over for Thanksgiving and I asked," Mitchell Landau said. "Cancer has touched all of us, and it has changed people's lives."
David Landau said he expects business to double Monday as people hear about the project, a thought echoed by Mitchell Landau.
"The more people who come in, the more that goes to the cancer society," he said. "Their eating can help people fight cancer and maybe find a cure."
To Read more go to:
http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070106/NEWS01/701060309
If you live in the area of these restaurants think about visiting on the Double Monday. Thank you to Mitchell Landau for his help in this fight against cancer.
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