Students raise $100,000 to fight cystic fibrosis

Special to the Catholic Herald

Students at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington participate in Superdance, a 12-hour marathon dance fundraiser, March 9 to fight cystic fibrosis. COURTESY

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Students at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington raised more than $100,000 at the 49th annual Superdance March 9 to support research efforts to find a cure for cystic fibrosis.

Superdance is a 12-hour, student-organized dance marathon held each year at O’Connell. In 1976, senior Maura O’Donnell organized the first Superdance in honor of her sister, Brenda, a sophomore at O’Connell who died from the disease in April 1975.

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