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No one can relate to young people better than young people. And most people can’t communicate with
teenagers any better than other teenagers.
That’s why it does my heart good when I see where teenagers are taking
on the task of making other teens aware of skin cancer and melanoma.
Last February, I introduced you to Kelsey. She was a 19 year old girl (I suppose 20 now)
who had been fighting melanoma since she was 14. She was brave enough to post video blogs to
discuss her battle in order to raise awareness in teens. This past March, I discovered another girl in
Michigan named Lily who started a non-profit organization called “Skin for theFuture” which distributes sunscreen to families in need. Both of these girls are beautiful and typical
kids doing incredible things.
A couple of days ago, I found an article about yet another group of
kids in Alabama who began a campaign called “Shield Your Skin.” In honor of a teacher at their high school who
died from melanoma this past year, the Writer’s Studio students created this
campaign in one week’s time! Their
efforts include a public service announcement, a website, a YouTube video, and
presence on Facebook, Twitter and other social media. They’ll cap off the campaign on May 10 by
collecting loose change from students and donating the total to the Relay for
Life teams from their high school. They
were hoping to have up to 100 Twitter followers to their Twitter account
@ShieldYourSkin_ (don’t forget the underscore)…as of right now they have
305. According to their website, “If you
just learn something from this site and apply it to your daily life, we’ve
accomplished our goal.”
Fantastic!
If you read or hear of other teens taking on the task of teaching other
teens, please share it! Tell others…tell
me and I’ll share it.
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