Fundraiser Set Up For Salem High School Senior Battling Cancer

A Salem Patch Facebook user reached out to us to help spread the word about a fundraiser for Ali, a Salem High School senior who is battling cancer:

During her senior year at Salem High School while most of her classmates are worried about which college they will attend and excited for all the fun senior activities coming up, Alexandra Asher, is undergoing chemotherapy for her battle with stage 3A Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Ali was diagnosed with cancer on December 9th after months of having a hard time breathing and lose of energy. Thankfully her mom was on top of it and kept bringing her back to the doctors when allergy test, sick test, etc came back normal. They caught this early and started chemo the following week. If you think going through chemo is a lot this courageous young lady is still going to classes and continuing to cheer as much as her body will let her so she can feel normal as possible. She is a true inspiration. I call this kicking cancer’s ass.

We all know the burden cancer can have on a family, not only emotionally but financially. Trips to the hospital, testing, parking, missing days off, and so on. Since unfortunately we can not take the pain of cancer away we can help take the financial pain away. That is why ISWM and friends are organizing a fun event to help ease Ali’s fight against cancer with a fun and uplifting family event that will be held at in the Field House at Salem High School on Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 12 pm. We will have music, raffles, selling baked goods, face painting and a bean bag tourney. The event is free to come too. If you would like to donate an item for the event please email me.

Below are the details for the bean bag tourney if you would like to enter.

Double elimination
11 am check in and 12 pm start time
For those who never played there is 2 ppl/team
$40/team for adults and $20/team for students
Deadline to enter is Friday, Feb. 20th.
Please email me your team name and team players if you want to enter.
Prize for the winning team.
Pay by going to ISWMcharity.com and clicking donate button or sending me a check made out to It Starts With ME! to 2C Fletcher Way, Salem, MA 01970

Cheering for Ali is a family event and all is welcome. You do not need to enter the tournament to attend. We will have other fun things going on. Please invite your family and friends. If you can not attend and would still like to make a donation please go to iswmcharity.com and click the donate button. All donations are tax deductible.