Oct. 24, 2007

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LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. - The Siena women's lacrosse team is set to participate in the Siena Fall Classic on Saturday in a fundraising effort to support the Stephen T. Marchello Scholarship Foundation. The Saints will run the 5K course in an effort to generate donations for the foundation which allocates post secondary scholarship monies to survivors of childhood cancer. The race begins at . ..m. at the corner of Spring Street Road and Turchi Road.

The Siena women's lacrosse players are currently collecting pledges for their participation in this event. All donations can be sent to: Siena Women's Lacrosse Office, 515 Loudon Road, Loudonville, N.Y. 12211. Donations must be received before October 30.

In the U.S. there are 8,400 new cases of cancer each year in children between the ages of newborn and fourteen. Of these, there are 1,400 deaths. One third of those deaths are from Leukemia. The two major causes of cancer in children are leukemia and brain cancer. One statistic that is amazing is that there are a significant number of young adults, under the age of nineteen who get uterine or ovarian cancer, and also who get prostate or testicular cancer. Some cancer treatments last over three years. Often surgical procedures and extensive rehabilitation are necessary. Often the parents need to put their careers and jobs on hold in order to give the support necessary to their children who are undergoing treatment. In most cases, teenagers who are going through chemotherapy cannot work during the summers to save money for college.

The Stephen T. Marchello Scholarship Foundation is a non-profit organization for the purpose of allocating post secondary scholarship monies to survivors of childhood cancer. The organization was started in memory of Stephen T. Marchello who passed away from cancer in Jan. 16, 1999. For more information on the organization please visit www.stmfoundation.org .