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By Suzi Parker
4/15/2014

When 13-year-old Sydney Tune stood in front of 70 Pennsylvania school principals and administrators in Spotsylvania County, Pa., in February to make her pitch, she wasn't sure if any of them would listen.

The Spotsylvania Middle School seventh grader shared the story of her friend, Jordan DuPriest, who died in November after a two-year struggle with brain cancer. She offered alarming statistics, including that “720 children are diagnosed worldwide with cancer each day,” and explained why it was so important to continue her friend’s efforts to raise money for pediatric cancer research.

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