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A Corona del Sol High School sophomore
suffering from leukemia received a
helping hand at a fund-raiser on May 3
at Pueblo Middle School.
A mark of $10,000 was easily eclipsed,
with $16,500 raised for Clint Sorenson
and money continuing to roll in, said
Beth Salas, a family friend an
organizer.
“I was surprised,” said Sandy Lowe,
Pueblo Parent Teacher Association
president. “I knew our community would
be extremely generous, and you could
tell by the response prior to the event
that people were just opening their
pocketbooks without even thinking, but I
was surprised by the overall figure.”
Sorenson received word in March that his
leukemia had returned, bringing along
with it the need for more chemotherapy
treatment and a bone marrow transplant.
With costs building for the procedures,
Sorenson’s former school, Pueblo, and
the school's PTA organized a
fund-raiser.
It included an Italian dinner at
Carraba’s Italian Grill, a raffle and a
silent auction. Prizes for the raffle
included an iPod video and a 15-inch
flat-screen television.
For the auction, one Kyrene Corridor
businessman, Jeff Lucas, of ERA Lucas
Realty Group, offered to sell a home for
free. The value is 3 percent of the
selling price of the house, making the
sale of a $400,000 home a $12,000 value.
“It’s amazing,” Salas said. “It’s
awesome. It just was overwhelming to
me. The community support, it was just
amazing.” |
