Every 3 minutes, someone is diagnosed with blood cancer. Every 9 minutes, someone dies from one. This year, I am excited to be participating in the Students of the Year campaign -- a seven-week initiative in which select high school students from around the country participate in a fundraising competition to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I am proud to be participating in this campaign for the third time! My first year raising money with LLS was a life-changing experience so I have continued supporting LLS since then. I am raising critical dollars in honor of Noah Sanger, who finished treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia this past year. Noah, or Super Noah as we call him, was diagnosed with A. L. L. three years ago when he was just 5. I am so excited to be a part of Team A. L. L. in for A Cure and continue raising money for LLS, which benefits the lives of many people like Noah Sanger.
Each dollar is a vote. The candidate team that raises the most money at the end of the seven weeks is named Student of the Year, and we are hoping to get that title! But in reality, our campaign is not about us at all, it's about the victims of these cancers. We want to raise awareness about what they are going through, and help them get through it. We want to raise money for LLS so that eventually, no one has to go through this!
My personal goal is to raise $1000 between January 16 and March 4. It’s a lofty goal, but I am willing to work hard to reach it. I cannot do it alone, I need your help. If you can, please donate via my personal fundraising page:
All donations are greatly appreciated and are tax-deductible. They'll not only support LLS-funded research but will help provide critical information and support for patients, and support advocacy for laws to ensure patients can access the care and treatments they need. We really are changing the face of blood cancer!
Your donation will help to:
Support hundreds of cancer scientists around the globe
Help to fund research based on medical need without regard to commercial return or market size
A donation that funds more research and less overhead than a donation made anywhere else.
Encourage scientists to pursue blood cancer research. Grants to young scientists help grow research talent even as federal research funding becomes increasingly limited.
Develop "targeted therapies" that kill cancer cells selectively. By hitting specific molecular targets, these treatments don't harm patients' healthy cells, resulting in fewer dangerous side effects.
Test immunotherapies. Immunotherapies strengthen a patient's own immune system so it can better fight infections and attack cancer cells, reducing the need for damaging chemotherapy.
Improve the safety of today's cures. LLS funds research to predict, manage and prevent complications in patients most at risk for long-term and late effects of treatment.
Help patients and their families make informed decisions. LLS supplies information and counseling to help guide patients through their cancer journey and access current treatment and clinical trial options.
Offer community services. Among the wide array of programs LLS provides are those that link newly diagnosed patients with trained volunteers and that help young cancer patients return to school after an absence resulting from treatment.
Encourage our state and federal legislators to support blood cancer issues. With your help, LLS brings to the attention of lawmakers the urgent need for increased government funding and support of research and patient access to affordable treatment and quality care.
On behalf of blood cancer patients everywhere, thank you for your support!
For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org.
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