Congratulations to Marco Barila, a sixth grade student at Copper Beech Elementary School, for winning a Third Place Award in the Cancer Support Community of Greater Philadelphia’s “It’s Always Something” Teen essay contest for his very personal essay, “Don’t Worry Mommy, I Will Be Your Crutches.”
Teens from Montgomery, Bucks, Chester, Philadelphia and Delaware Counties were invited to write an essay about their experience with having cancer in their life. The very personal essays went through a judging process and Marco was one of the winners honored at the Cancer Support Community’s Fifth Annual Awards Reception held this month. It takes a great deal of bravery to write essays of this type; not only do teens have to deal with the struggles that come to all teenagers, but they also have to deal with having cancer in their life. Students like Marco wrote about what might be the most difficult thing they have ever faced and were willing to share publicly.
Here is a link to Marco’s essay: http://cancersupportphiladelphia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Dont-Worry-Mommy-I-will-be-your-Crutches.pdf