Juwan Adams is a 9th grade Abington Junior High School student earning all A’s and B’s, a National Junior Honor Society scholar, an executive board member for the V.I.B.E. and I.M.A.G.I.N.E. leadership program, an Abington Marching Ghost, and he is undergoing treatment three times weekly for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
Juwan has not let cancer stand in the way of his goals; most recently he challenged his peers to help build a library for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). What began as an idea he shared with his family sparked a movement for the entire Abington Junior High School community.
Juwan hoped his passion for learning and reading would be felt by the patients at CHOP as they too endured their treatment. With the help of Overlook Elementary School, 9,500 books were collected to fill the Oncology floor for patients like Juwan receiving treatment.
The entire English Department challenged their classrooms for bragging rights to collect the most books and make Juwan’s vision a reality. With the help of the V.I.B.E. and I.M.A.G.I.N.E. student leaders, Juwan was able to label each book in his honor. Juwan’s family initially planned to deliver the books by car, however the generosity of his peers required the need to rent a truck.
All books were packed by fellow V.I.B.E and I.M.A.G.I.N.E students in the truck and left Abington Junior High School for delivery to CHOP. There were so many books that Juwan’s father realized he would have to make two delivery trips!
Juwan and his father were interviewed by TV station 6ABC for his incredible accomplishment.
