5th grader with CMT keeps (can) tabs on helping others

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Fifth grader keeps (can) tabs on helping others.

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The next time you pop open an aluminum can, think about how that little tab

could change someone's life.

Cisco, a fifth grader at the St. Francis of Assisi School in Haskell,

amassed 78,000 of those soda can tabs as a way to change the lives of children

stricken with a commonly inherited neurological disorder known as the

Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) syndrome – a disorder also has.

A person with CMT experiences slow muscle degeneration in the foot, lower leg,

hand and forearm. They can also suffer a mild loss of sensation in the limbs,

fingers and toes.

" I want to help kids with the disease because I have the disease, " said .

From September 2009 to the second week of May this year, collected the

78,000 tabs with the help of her fellow schoolmates. Last month, these tabs were

sent out to the Mc House.

To kick off the collection, sent out a note rallying for her schoolmates'

help in her cause. She also set up a collection container in the school for

students to drop off the tabs. This vessel was made from a coin bank that looked

like a parking meter. removed the top part of this bank and decorated it.

Even third grader Ed Ferdon, a neighbor of 's, was a big help in the cause

by breaking off the tabs and giving them to the ever-growing collection,

according to Councilwoman Cisco, 's aunt.

Meanwhile, members of the Wanaque Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 6765 were

collecting tabs on their own. They brought their collection to St. Francis for

.

From the way Cisco talks about her niece, she's proud of the fifth grader

and her accomplishment. " She'd give the shirt right off her back, " said.

and counted the tabs by weighing them in a Mc's cup. Six

ounces equal 500 tabs, according to .

One of the three core programs of the Mc House Charities, the

Mc House helps children stay close to their medical facilities

while they get treatment. The Mc House provides families with food,

shelter and other necessities while children get the care they need. Once tabs

are collected, the local Mc House Charities chapter brings the

collection to nearby recycling centers, where they are weighed to determine

their value. The recycling center then sends the chapter a check for the total

value, according to the Mc House Charities website.

The next time you pop open an aluminum can, think about how that little tab

could change someone's life.

Cisco, a fifth grader at the St. Francis of Assisi School in Haskell,

amassed 78,000 of those soda can tabs as a way to change the lives of children

stricken with a commonly inherited neurological disorder known as the

Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) syndrome – a disorder also has.

A person with CMT experiences slow muscle degeneration in the foot, lower leg,

hand and forearm. They can also suffer a mild loss of sensation in the limbs,

fingers and toes.

" I want to help kids with the disease because I have the disease, " said .

From September 2009 to the second week of May this year, collected the

78,000 tabs with the help of her fellow schoolmates. Last month, these tabs were

sent out to the Mc House.

To kick off the collection, sent out a note rallying for her schoolmates'

help in her cause. She also set up a collection container in the school for

students to drop off the tabs. This vessel was made from a coin bank that looked

like a parking meter. removed the top part of this bank and decorated it.

Even third grader Ed Ferdon, a neighbor of 's, was a big help in the cause

by breaking off the tabs and giving them to the ever-growing collection,

according to Councilwoman Cisco, 's aunt.

Meanwhile, members of the Wanaque Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 6765 were

collecting tabs on their own. They brought their collection to St. Francis for

.

From the way Cisco talks about her niece, she's proud of the fifth grader

and her accomplishment.

" She'd give the shirt right off her back, " said.

and counted the tabs by weighing them in a Mc's cup. Six

ounces equal 500 tabs, according to .

One of the three core programs of the Mc House Charities, the

Mc House helps children stay close to their medical facilities

while they get treatment. The Mc House provides families with food,

shelter and other necessities while children get the care they need.

Once tabs are collected, the local Mc House Charities chapter

brings the collection to nearby recycling centers, where they are weighed to

determine their value. The recycling center then sends the chapter a check for

the total value, according to the Mc House Charities website.