Frisco, Texas (PRWEB) September 12, 2014
Leukemia, the most common cancer in children under the age of 20 years old, affects about 4,103 school aged children every year in the US alone. For youth and their families, the diagnosis can be both mentally and financially crushing. In an effort to decrease these hardships and incentivize students to raise money for the cause, Urban Air Trampoline Park is partnering with the North Texas Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) for the upcoming 2014-2015 school year.
Dallas Fort Worth’s premier Indoor Trampoline Park will join the educational and philanthropic Youth Program along with thousands of students across 119 North Texas counties where they will learn about blood cancers and begin collecting spare change to benefit LLS.
As a reward for schools which raise more than $2,015 over the school year, Urban Air Trampoline Park is offering free passes to one of their four locations. With this added motivational tool, they will be encouraging students to fundraise as much as possible and helping to realize the LLC’s mission of creating a world without blood cancers.
“Urban Air Trampoline Park is an ideal partner for School and Youth,” says Director Steve Abrey. “Passes to enjoy Urban Air’s unique facilities are something that will certainly encourage students to rally behind our mission and collect money that is so vital to funding cutting-edge lifesaving research.”
It was the LLS’ mission which originally attracted Urban Air to School & Youth. Alix Wren, Special Events Coordinator for Urban Air Trampoline Park said, “At Urban Air everything we do is geared toward the health and wellbeing of children and their families. We are so thrilled that our partnership with LLS will allow us to assist even more youth by helping schools raise awareness and money for such a worthy cause.”
Urban Air Trampoline Park saw firsthand the positive impact that the LLS School & Youth program has on their local community, and beyond, after a fundraiser at its Frisco location called Jump for Julia and Leap for Lainey. After helping raise money in honor of two families with young daughters currently battling a leukemia diagnosis, Urban Air was determined to find a way to continue offering its support.
Urban Air Trampoline Park
Urban Air Trampoline Park is Dallas Fort Worth’s #1 destination for family fun featuring a variety of activities perfect for all ages and fitness levels. Summer Camps, Fitness Classes, Dodgeball leagues and Open Jump occur on wall-to-wall trampoline arenas, a foam pit, dodgeball court, slam dunk track, and runway within each of the Urban Air Trampoline Park locations. Urban Air Trampoline Park is the perfect venue for kids’ birthday parties, church events, corporate gatherings or a day out for some family fun. For more information on the company and franchising opportunities please visit http://www.UrbanAirTrampolinePark.com
About the School & Youth Program
The School & Youth programs, Pennies for Patients and Olive Garden’s Pasta for Pennies, are designed to teach children the value of community service in an engaging way. During the 2013-2014 school year, students in some 770 North Texas schools raised more than $900,000 for LLS by collecting spare change. Nationally, students raised more than $29 million.
About The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society ® (LLS) is the world’s largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. The LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world and provides free information and support services.
Founded in 1949 and headquartered in White Plains, NY, LLS has chapters throughout the United States and Canada. To learn more, visit http://www.LLS.org or contact the Information Resource Center at (800) 955-4572, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET. http://www.lls.org.
Contact:
Michael Browning Urban Air Trampoline Parks
800-960-4778
info(at)UrbanAirTrampolinePark(dot)com
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