Getting Cozy for a Cause - Schools Taking Part in Paige's Pajamarama October 6

October 2023: North Syracuse Central School District students will be getting cozy for a cause on Friday, October 6 as schools take part in Paige's Pajamarama. Paige’s Pajamarama is a charity event allowing students to wear their pajamas to school when making a donation to Paige's Butterfly Run, Inc., an organization which supports children with pediatric cancer at Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital.

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	Since 2018, the Cicero-North Syracuse High School Principal’s Cabinet has been building a strong community partnership with Paige's Butterfly Run, Inc. First supporting Paige’s annual Pajamarama event that year, the school has worked to increase support each year since. In 2021 the Principal's Cabinet received recognition for their outstanding philanthropy.
In 2019, C-NS High School and the North Syracuse Central School District partnered with Liverpool High School and that school district in a Pajamarama competition to see who could raise more money for Paige’s. The event that year earned C-NS High School the designation of “Pajamarama Headquarters” according to Chris Arnold, the CEO of Paige's Butterfly Run, Inc. In the years since the original competition, additional school districts in Central New York have opted to join in the fundraising fun. In 2020 and 2021, the West Genesee CSD joined North Syracuse CSD to form the Star Alliance while Fayetteville-Manlius CSD joined the Liverpool CSD to create the Warrior Alliance. Last year, two more districts – Baldwinsville and the East Syracuse Minoa (ESM) CSD joined the Pajamarama competition with Baldwinsville as part of the Star Alliance and ESM as part of the Warrior Alliance. This year the alliance has again grown with FOUR more districts joining! Jordan Elbridge and Fulton will be part of the Star Alliance and Phoenix and Marcellus will complete the Warrior Alliance.  Jennifer Huntley, Director of Development for Paige's Butterfly Run Inc. spoke about the addition saying, ""We are thrilled to have additional schools joining in this years' friendly battle.  Not only do these Paige's Pajamaramas raise critical funding to help pediatric cancer patients and their families in our community, they help bring awareness to the need for our mission.  We are so very thankful to Melissa Palmissano of the Cicero-North Syracuse School District for spearheading the competition and for all of those in education throughout Central New York who join in making this annual event an incredible success."   Pajamarama will take place on the same day, Friday, October 6, for all ten school districts. All schools in the NSCSD will participate in Pajamarama on that day. Students are encouraged to wear their pajamas to school on October 6 when bringing in a donation for Paige’s Butterfly Run, Inc.   Online donations can also be made by going to https://form-renderer-app.donorperfect.io/give/pbr-cnscsdpajamarama to support Cicero-North Syracuse High School and the North Syracuse Central School District as part of the Star Alliance.