Ohio State freshmen create Jewish-focused BuckeyeThon team – Columbus Jewish News

Ohio State freshmen create Jewish-focused BuckeyeThon team  Columbus Jewish News

When Hannah Cohen arrived at The Ohio State University in Columbus as a freshman from Atlanta, she found a way to connect her Jewish identity with one of the university’s When Hannah Cohen arrived at The Ohio State University in Columbus as a freshman from Atlanta, she found a way to connect her Jewish identity with one of the university’s largest philanthropic efforts. BuckeyeThon, the state’s largest student-run philanthropy, involves 4,000 students this year and has raised more than $16 million since 2001 for the Hematology, Oncology and Blood & Marrow Transplant Unit at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Cohen joined the effort by founding OSJews Against Cancer, which she says is the first BuckeyeThon team dedicated to Jewish students.

“I first heard about it when I was on my admissions tour last year, and I kind of knew immediately that was something I needed to get involved in,” Cohen, who attended The Weber School in Atlanta where she was part of a number of tikkun olam projects, told the Columbus Jewish News. “When I finish college, I want to be a pediatric child life specialist for children with cancer. So I knew that this was a great opportunity for me to kind of dive into that field a little bit more.” While at an informational meeting, Cohen met fellow freshman Ayla