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BOCES Tech Center Benefit Raises $3,000 for Rare Disorder
 | | HEADS UP: Students and teachers at BOCES Tech Center gather to show off the colorful braids they bought to support histiocytosis research while making a popular fashion statement as well. |
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Braids, flowers, crafts, a food sale, and a "cut-a-thon" were highlights of a recent day-long fundraiser at The Tech Center at Yorktown. In the First Annual Orphans Disease Fundraiser to benefit histiocytosis, BOCES staff, administration, students, and faculty raised more than $3,000.
Histiocytosis is a rare disorder caused by an excess of white blood cells called histiocytes that cluster together and can attack the skin, bones, lung, liver, spleen, gums, ears, eyes, and/or the central nervous system, principally in children under the age of ten. The disease can range from limited to multi-organ involvement and can be life-threatening.
For the benefit, BOCES Cosmetology students and teachers staffed a cut-a-thon offering haircuts, manicures, and other cosmetic services to BOCES staff and the public. More than 400 braids of colorful synthetic hair, plaited by Cosmetology students, were sold throughout the BOCES campus. The benefit also involved the sale of items baked by Tech Center staff; flowers and plants by Floriculture students; and a campuswide raffle, featuring donations by Adult Education, Carpentry, Autobody, Culinary, Cosmetology, Floral Design, Masonry, and Urban Forestry classes.
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