Blog Post #39 – Rileython Week 3 (Jacob Young)
February 16, 2021
Welcome to the third week of Rileython! We are quickly approaching February 27th! If feasible, make sure you keep donating under the Rileython tab on our website! Every donation is greatly appreciated! It all goes back to the kids! To kick off this week, I had the opportunity to interview Jacob Young! Young is a senior here at Carmel and is heavily involved with CHTV and Cabinet! The purpose of the interview was to ask him what Rileython and Dance Marathon means to him, and why these events are important.
“Dance Marathon is so meaningful to me because it is the culmination of so much hard work that went into helping Riley. It also means so much because helping the kids at Riley is so important because all kids deserve to live a healthy and happy life and Riley makes that possible through all of their work, research, and treatment.” Young said that he hopes to raise $5,000 by the time of Dance Marathon. Additionally, he commented on why Rileython was so important! “Rileython is a great idea because it gives an opportunity for WHJE to support a great cause and to help inform the school and community about Dance Marathon and Riley.” He stated that these events are valuable because they are all for the kids! (FTK!)
Finally, I asked Young what was his why? Why do you get involved? Why do you do what you do? Why should people tune in to Rileython? His response was, “I fight for every kid at Riley who is fighting to live a life that so many including myself take advantage of every day. Many people don’t know this, but only 4% of national cancer funding goes towards researching and treating pediatric cancer. I think that is sad and it needs to be higher. I am also fighting for a day when there will no longer be a need for a Dance Marathon because there is no longer such a need for it.”
Make sure you tune in to 91.3 WHJE or whje.com on February 27th, starting at 8 a.m.! Don’t forget that you can donate all month long under the Rileython tab on our website!
This is a really good post Katelyn!! I really enjoyed reading it
Great post! 5000 is a great goal to reach before dance marathon.
I really enjoyed reading this post. It was very interesting!
Very informative and helps spread the word for rileython!
Way to spread the word! Very informative.
Very informative and helps spread the word about Rileython.
I loved reading this post!!! I found it very inspiring and Young’s motivation really inspired me to start doing more things to raise money!
Way to keep the people informed on how they can support the kids, especially in these trying times! Great post!
Jacob’s why is so impactful and I hope this gets more people to donate to Rileython!
Awesome post! Hope to raise even more money!
this post was really well written and gave a lot of good information! it’s a really good read! great job katelyn!
Great writing!
Enjoyed reading this about why people are giving back for these kids.
I love the passion behind these posts – from the interviewee to the blogger! Great read!
I really love this post and how you are speaking about the kids and how you included some facts as well.
Awesome post Katelyn!! super meaningful and great to hear all about why Jacob is fighting for the kids 🙂
This is really well written. I’m glad we are working towards never needing rileython. Lovely work!
Very well written Katelyn, loved all of the interview questions and the message! 🙂
Nice job Katelyn! Your questions were great and overall it flowed very nicely.
I love how you talked about what Rileython really means to you and you did a great job talking about why this is such a great cause! Very well done.
This is a great post!! So great to see so many people donating as well!!
Excellent post, I think Jacob brought up a really good point, that only 4% of funding goes toward pediatric cancer research. Riley has fought hard to help those kids who have to fight for their lives.
Great post! we need to remind ourselves that we can make a difference when it comes to cancer research!
Great post it informs you about how much rileython really means.
It’s always great to see so many people contribute to make the world less sufferable. You guys rock!
Wonderfully written! And very informative, thank you!
This post is great! It helps to spread the word about this fundraiser and it may convince more people to donate! Great job all around.
Well-written and very informative. Nice interview!
Really good post and I think it really helps to bring into focus how much we as students can help such an amazing cause.
This was a really inspiring post. You put a lot of detail into it, and you worked really hard! It’s great how you are trying to spread the word so well!
great story and really an example of why this is being done.
What a great story and keep spreading the word out
This is an awesome post, Katelyn! Thank you for everything you’re doing for Rileython!
Really great post, reading about your motivations helped inspire me!
Truly an inspiring and Informative story! This is such a wonderful way to bring awareness and spread the word out. Well Done!
Very inspirational and a great story. I love hearing about how so many people are supporting Riley and helping out all the kids.
This post is amazing! Everything is so inspirational!
Very interesting post! Let’s hit that $5,000 goal!
Super amazing read! I loved hearing about your goal and it was very inspiring! Its truly amazing how much everyone is doing for Riley. I love it!