HIGH POINT, N.C., Oct. 27, 2011 – High Point University students will spend a day in their pajamas, thanks to a special event in the name of lung cancer. The event – “PJ Day” – will help raise awareness for the PJ Aldridge Foundation for Lung Cancer and will feature P.J. Aldridge, who will visit campus to speak about lung cancer and to share his own personal battle with the disease. The event will be held at 1 p.m. on Nov. 4 in Room 120 in the Phillips School of Business. It is open to the public.
Leading up to PJ Day, students will hold a campus-wide competitive fundraiser, where teams of students will organize their own events in the hopes of raising the most money for the PJ Aldridge Foundation for Lung Cancer – an organization that Aldridge’s family and friends began following his diagnosis in January 2010. The day of the event, Aldridge will announce the winner of the fundraising competition, and the team who raises the most will win a prize.
Proceeds will benefit lung cancer research and help scientists find a cure for lung cancer, which is the leading cause of death – more than breast, prostate and colon cancer combined.
The PJ Aldridge Foundation recently donated $150,000 to the Thoracic Research Fund at the University of Maryland. They strive to donate 100 percent of proceeds directly to lung cancer research.
At High Point University, every student receives an extraordinary education in an inspiring environment with caring people.℠ HPU, located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, is a liberal arts institution with over 4,200 undergraduate and graduate students from 51 countries and 46 states at campuses in High Point and Winston-Salem. It is ranked by US News and World Report at No. 3 among Regional Colleges in the South. Forbes.com ranks HPU in the top 7 percent among “America’s Best Colleges.” Parade Magazine lists HPU in the top 25 private schools in the nation. HPU was selected in the 2010-2011 list of “Colleges of Distinction,” as well as one of the top green schools in the country by the Sierra Club. The university offers 50 undergraduate majors, 43 undergraduate minors and 10 graduate degree programs. It is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and is a member of the NCAA, Division I and the Big South Conference. Visit High Point University on the Web at highpoint.edu.
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Pam Haynes
Communication Specialist
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