Pack the bag. Go gold.
John Hay's childhood-cancer service chapter. Awareness in September, care packages every month for pediatric oncology, and Hornets for Hope in the spring.
September Gold Out · monthly assembly · spring fundraiser
Join an assembly nightPack care packages for pediatric oncology every month, turn the school gold for awareness week in September, and run the Hornets for Hope fundraiser in the spring.
Service hours for your seal portfolio (ask Mr. Mendoza which ones count), plus real practice at service learning. Monthly reps at the unglamorous part of service work.
Joining costs nothing, and there is nothing you have to bring. Care-package items and donations help, but they are welcome, never required.
What an assembly night looks like
- 01Show up
The item list is already posted on the bulletin. Bring what you can, or just bring yourself.
- 02Sort
Lay out the donated items so a line can move: comfort things, activity things, notes.
- 03Pack
A line forms and the bags come together, each one headed for a pediatric oncology unit.
- 04Log it
Put your service hours on the Work Ready Hours page the same week, so they count toward the seal.
Most people come to their first assembly night not sure where to stand. Ten minutes in, you are part of the line and the bags are moving.
You
You practice showing up on a schedule and doing the unglamorous part, treating compassion as something you build rather than a mood you wait for. Log your hours and ask which ones count toward your seal portfolio.
John Hay
The chapter turns John Hay gold every September and runs Hornets for Hope in the spring. When a cause is this heavy, the school gets something to do about it.
The kids
Every care package your chapter assembles goes to a child in a pediatric oncology unit. That is the whole point, and it is countable: bags packed each month, a school turned gold in September, a fundraiser run in spring.
Careers
Where this points
The skills you practice here are the same ones these jobs run on. Every card carries pay and outlook read straight from O*NET, the US Department of Labor's occupation site, the schools that train for it, and an honest read on what AI is likely to change.
- Registered Nurse
- Radiation Therapist
- Child Life Specialist
- Healthcare Social Worker
- +1 more
Inside Cancer Kids First
Explore & practice
Cancer Kids First calendar
When we meet
Year at a glance
Community boards
- • Celebrate specifically. Shoutouts name the win, not just the person.
- • Ask anything. No question is too basic, and families are welcome.
- • Protect privacy. First names and last initials only. Never post a phone number, address, grade, or health detail.
Every post is reviewed by Mr. Mendoza before it appears.
No bulletin posts yet. Be the first! 📌
Members and families only. Your post shows just your first name and last initial.
Vetted resources
The youth-led nonprofit our chapter supports.
Cancer Kids First: VolunteerHow students plug in.
St. Baldrick's FoundationChildhood-cancer research charity.
American Cancer Society: Children & CancerPatient and family information.
NCI: Childhood CancersAuthoritative research and treatment overview.
UH Rainbow: Pediatric Cancer (Cleveland)Local pediatric oncology.
Questions families ask
No. You need to be willing to show up and pack a bag. The work is the same whether the cause is personal or new to you.
Awareness drives (September Gold Out), monthly care packages for pediatric oncology patients, and the spring Hornets for Hope fundraiser.
Yes. Logged chapter service hours count toward Work-Based Learning hours and the OhioMeansJobs Readiness Seal. Log them on the Work Ready Hours page the same week.
Donate care-package items, help with assembly nights, or share fundraiser posts. Every bulletin post here lists exactly what is needed.
Join an assembly night and pack a bag.
September Gold Out · monthly assembly · spring fundraiser
Drop your Cancer Kids First submission in the OneDrive folder, or hand it to Mr. Mendoza in class. Both count. Sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, not a personal one. Nothing is turned in on Schoology: that is where the report-card grade shows up later.
Name the file exactly like this, with two underscores between the name and the title:
Lastname_Firstname__Assignment Title.pdfTwo underscores between the name and the title. Do not put your student ID in the file name: your district sign-in already tells me it is you. A file named any other way is not lost. It waits in a review folder until it is sorted by hand, so it is graded later.
Your receipt. Your own upload panel says Uploaded, with a green check beside the file name. That is your receipt. Screenshot it if you want a record of your own. Do not wait for the file to appear in a list. You should not be able to see anyone else's work in there. If you can see other students' files, stop and tell Mr. Mendoza.
Open the OneDrive drop