WWU Students Do Their Part to ‘Drown Out’ Childhood Cancer

10/2/2008 Mary Ann Beahon
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William Woods University students this year are doing their part to “Drown Out Childhood Cancer” by raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital with water-themed events.

During a two-hour car wash Thursday, the eight-member executive board of the student organization, Up Til Dawn, collected $254 in free-will donations toward their cause. Last month, they raised about $150 with a dunking booth featuring student life staff members.

Up Til Dawn has raised nearly $50,000 since the group was started on campus in 2004.

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Left to right, Mackenize Huber of St. Paul, Mo.; Michael Towle of Grandview, Mo., and Heather Oetjen of Prior Lake, Minn., hose off another student’s car during the Up Til Dawn car wash at William Woods University.