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BHS educators are counting on '26 Shirts' fundraiser to help out colleague after cancer surgery

Leah Wroten with Kassandra
By Joanne Beck
Leah Wroten with Kassandra
Batavia High School special education teacher's aide Leah Wroten gets and gives a hug to student Kassandra.
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 At 21, Leah Wroten was diagnosed with cancer, and life as she knew it changed for the foreseeable future, special education teacher Natalie Keller says.

“She had life-changing surgery," Keller said to The Batavian about her fellow Batavia City Schools colleague. "She had not been working for six months.” 

Wroten, a BHS 2020 graduate, had major surgery, chemotherapy and related treatments since her diagnosis in 2024. School staff members have had football square and Dress Down Day fundraisers, and one coming up in February is expected to be the biggest so far, Keller said. It will be a 26 Shirts for Leah.

Tenney announces federal assistance for those harmed by Winter Storm Elliott

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Press release:

Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) announced federal grant and loan programs available to assist Western New York families, farms, and small businesses following the devastating Winter Storm Elliott that hit the region in December 2022. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the availability of grants to assist residents

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