“Chaseing 4 A Cure”<\/a> group, one of the largest race teams in the Susan G. Komen Tidewater\u2019s Race for the Cure fun run\/walk held each October. At Princess Anne Middle School Chase even inspired a \u201ccelebrate pink day,\u201d \u201cpink pep rally\u201d and \u201cpink football game.\u201d<\/p>\nNow he\u2019s headed to Washington, D.C. to further the cause.<\/p>\n
Anthony and the high school honoree from Virginia will receive an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. where they will join honorees from other states for a series of events from April 30 – May 3. One of the events is an awards gala at the Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of Natural History. Past speakers at the event have included notable public figures such as Condoleezza Rice, John Glenn and Colin Powell.<\/p>\n
Six other Virginia students were named distinguished finalists in the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, including Landstown senior class president Justice Baird, who was inspired to give back after his family lost their home to a fire. Those efforts have resulted in the school raising $35,000 in the past four years.<\/p>\n
In addition to the Prudential Spirit of Community Award, Anthony also qualified for the President\u2019s Volunteer Service Award, which recognizes Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities and country. A President\u2019s Volunteer Service Award certificate and a letter from President Barack Obama will be mailed to him.<\/p>\n
To stay informed of Anthony\u2019s work, follow him on Twitter, @Chaseing4acure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It wasn\u2019t about awards or recognition. For Princess Anne Middle School student Chase Anthony, getting involved in philanthropic work began as something more special: honoring his third-grade teacher Laurie Dreelin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4742"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4746,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4742\/revisions\/4746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>\u201cMrs. Dreelin always makes us feel good and happy even though she has breast cancer,\u201d he wrote back in 2012. \u201cThe teachers and a lot of students wear pink every Wednesday and I wear a pink bracelet and shoelaces every day\u201d he added referencing the color that today is symbolic with breast cancer awareness.<\/p>\n