Athens Academy Students Hope 24-Hour Marrow-Thon Will Save Sick Classmate
Twelve-year-old Kajal Patel is hospitalized and in need of a bone marrow transplant.
UPDATED SCHEDULE FOR MARROW-THON: 03/27 (TUESDAY) - 4pm-8pm Omni Club; 4 pm-7pm Oconee Veterans Park Community Center; 8pm-11pm Melting Point - Family Friendly Blue Grass; 11pm - 2am Georgia Theater. 03/28 (WEDNESDAY) - 2am-6am Waffle House Downtown Athens; 6am-10am Omni Club AND the UGA Ramsey Center; 8am-3pm Athens Academy Spartan Center; 10am-4pm UGA Tage Student Center; 4pm - 8pm Athens City Hall. You can keep up with the day through the Facebook Page for Kajal. A sixth-grade Athens Academy student is fighting for her life, and her school and community are banning together to help her along the way. According to an 11-Alive News report, 12-year-old Kajal Patel had to leave the school for treatment at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at…
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