A group of Durand elementary and junior high students went big with their fundraising efforts recently, bringing in nearly $1,100 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Pennies for Patients program.

In previous years, the fundraiser has netted $200 to $300, so student council adviser Taniya Bland wasn’t expecting such a large total.

“We don’t know what the grand total is until the end (of the three-week fundraiser),” Bland said. “I was quite shocked when we got over a thousand.”   (more…)

PHILADELPHIA – April 11, 2012 (WPVI) – A federal appeals court is considering an eastern Pennsylvania school district’s efforts to ban on breast cancer fundraising bracelets that say “I (heart) boobies!”

The (Easton) Express-Times says the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in Philadelphia heard opening statements Tuesday in the case, in which two Easton Area Middle School students say their freedom of speech rights were violated when they were suspended for wearing the bracelets in October 2010.

The district is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that the district cannot ban the rubber jewelry because it is not lewd, vulgar or distracting to the school day. (more…)

“Safety is a value at Enogex, to make sure everyone returns home uninjured at the end of the day to their family,” said Mitchell, who wears a neon-orange rubber bracelet that reminds Enogex employees no matter whether in the field or in the office to “Live Safely.”

The 700-plus Enogex employees took that value to heart in 2011, posting such a great performance in safety that the Gas Processors Association (GPA) took notice–twice. (more…)