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# Bishop Kearney Girls ‘Go Gold’ For Alumna’s Baby
- URL: https://bklyner.com/bishop-kearney-girls-go-gold-for-alumnas-baby-bensonhurst/
- Published: 2015-10-06T17:53:20.000Z
- Updated: 2015-10-06T18:40:51.000Z
- Author: Rachel Silberstein
- Tags: alumni, bishop kearney high School, catholic schools, childhood cancer awareness month, high school, sally kabel, #API-Imported

![Courtesy of Bishop Kearney Girls High School](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Go-Gold-2015-702x936.jpg)

(L-R) Students Samantha Rubino, Annaliese Tucci, Johanna Sullivan, Amanda Potter, and Carrie Guan. (Courtesy of Bishop Kearney Girls High School)

The [Bishop Kearney High School](http://www.bishopkearneyhs.org/?ref=bklyner.com) community held a fundraiser and tied gold bows on the fence surrounding the school on September 22 in honor of [Childhood Cancer Awareness Month](http://www.acco.org/awareness-advocacy/childhood-cancer-awareness-month/?ref=bklyner.com).

The event was sponsored by the student council in honor of Sally Kabel, daughter of Kearney alumna Nicole DeSantis Kabel and her husband Matt.

In 2013, when Sally was 8 months old, she was diagnosed with infant leukemia (ALL) and mixed lineage leukemia (MML), a rare form of cancer. Sally’s parents set up a [website](http://www.sweetsallysunshine.com/about/?ref=bklyner.com) and [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/SweetSallySunshine/timeline) to share her story, to update friends and family about her condition, and to raise awareness for childhood cancer.

After two years of intense treatments at [Memorial Sloan Kettering](https://www.mskcc.org/?gclid=CKiehcO-rsgCFYQRHwodGZkNBQ&ref=bklyner.com), little Sally is in remission but faces years of careful monitoring.

![Photo courtesy of Sweet Sally Sunshine/Facebook](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/12002127_878989335516418_87973681178750461_n-702x702.jpg)

Photo courtesy of [Sweet Sally Sunshine](https://www.facebook.com/SweetSallySunshine/photos/pb.488748757873813.-2207520000.1444156805./878989335516418/?type=3&theater)/Facebook

Bishop Kearney’s senior year president Annaliese Tucci and Johanna Sullivan, student council vice president, were instrumental in presenting the event to the student body.

“Annaliese and I became aware of the serious effects of this disease by following Sally’s [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/SweetSallySunshine) and wanted to do something to help,” said Johanna. “We are very happy with the positive response we received from our classmates.”