"In a classroom in the Sherman Fairchild Laboratory Building, 6-year-old Marianne Cullen was starting to get the jitters. She was about to meet her favorite scientist, regenerative biologist and axolotl researcher Jessica Whited. "You might have to hold me up, in case I faint," the Springfield first-grader told her parents, Kat Demetrion and Robert Cullen, as she clutched her pink axolotl stuffie tightly in her lap."
"Marianne, who loves the aquatic creatures, donated $1,000 this summer to Whited's Lab, after raising $1,408 for axolotl conservation and research. (The remaining money went to a conservation group in Mexico and the World Wildlife Fund.) She raised the money by hosting a fundraising party for family and friends, where she presented a PowerPoint with information about the endangered animals and surpassed her original $500 goal."
Six-year-old Marianne Cullen hosted a fundraising party, presented a PowerPoint on axolotls, and raised $1,408 for axolotl conservation and research. She donated $1,000 to Jessica Whited's regenerative biology lab and sent the remainder to a Mexican conservation group and the World Wildlife Fund. Marianne met Whited, observed axolotls, and visited the lab while nervously clutching an axolotl stuffed toy. Whited said Marianne was the first donor to the lab since its research grants were terminated and described the donation as evidence of outreach impact and a reminder of scientific wonder.
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