You’ve probably seen the brand “Love Your Melon” talked about on social media or noticed people sporting cute, unique hats around campus. What you might not know is the impact that Love Your Melon has on college campuses across the country, and, more importantly, the big things they are doing for children battling cancer.
Love Your Melon (LYM) is an apparel brand run by college students across the country. Their mission is to give a hat to every child battling cancer in America. Their brand funds cancer research initiatives and provides immediate support for children and their families. LYM has over 45,000 hats reserved for donations, which is enough for every child undergoing cancer treatment. This is only the beginning though, as nearly 15,000 children are diagnosed with cancer every year.
Maggie Allen, Crew Captain of Duquesne’s Love Your Melon Campus Crew, is excited to bring LYM to Duq’s campus. Here’s how it works: whenever someone goes to loveyourmelon.com, purchases any apparel (beanie, shirt, mug etc) and chooses “Duquesne University” at checkout, Duquesne’s LYM Crew receives one credit. The more credits, the more donation events the crew gets to host! The goal of the events is to create amazing experiences for children battling cancer. Duquesne is very, very close to 100 credits! At 100, our Campus Crew will receive a “Superhero Household Visit Kit,” which contains 2 superhero costumes and 5 beanies to donate to a family affected by childhood cancer. The crew will go to the child’s house to surprise the child with costumes and hats.
If you’re interested in supporting a great cause, purchase LYM apparel! Not only will you be sporting cute, comfortable clothing items, you will be changing a child’s life. What’s better than that?! Personally, I am really struck by what Love Your Melon Campus Crews are doing across the country, and I’m even more excited that Duquesne can now contribute! I encourage you to follow the Crew on Facebook (Duquesne Love Your Melon Campus Crew), Instagram (@duqlymcrew) and Twitter (@duqLYMcrew_) to keep up to date with product releases and achievements of The Crew.
