National Capital Area Students of the Year
Aidan Ricci | Cougars for a Cure
Welcome to Aidan Ricci's SOY Fundraising Page!
Cougars for a Cure Team:
Matthew DeSouza (Candidate)
Welcome To My Fundraising Page.
I am honored to have been accepted as a candidate in the 2018 Students of the Year program, 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.
Over the past two decades my family has dedicated ourselves to raising money in support of finding a cure for blood cancers. We began this journey because of my father, who was diagnosed with blood cancer twice in the 90s. He is my principal motivation in joining this campaign and he is my inspiration to help those affected by blood cancers like him. However, he is not the only reason I continue to follow through with this campaign. I am also raising critical dollars in honor of a young patient hero who is currently battling or is in remission from a blood cancer. My goal is to raise mission critical funds that will allow those affected by cancer to continue to live happy lives long after they are diagnosed.
Each dollar is a vote. The candidate team who raises the most money at the end of the seven weeks is named Student of the Year. My mission is to not only raise the most money but also to bring attention to blood cancers like leukemia, which is the most common form of cancer in children and teens.
Since the early 1960s, five-year survival rates for many blood cancer patients have doubled, tripled or even quadrupled. And many LLS supported therapies not only help blood cancer patients but are helping patients with other cancers and serious diseases. In fact, drugs first approved for blood cancers are now approved to treat patients with stomach cancers, skin cancers, and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis.
We really are changing the face of blood cancer!
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.
Please visit our website often and bring friends who would also like to donate!
On behalf of blood cancer patients everywhere I thank you for your support!
For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org
24 Comments
Maura Florimonte
Good luck meeting your goal.
Diane Frost
Good luck with meeting your goal (and maybe surpassing it)!
Evelyn Heitman
Best of luck in making your goal! Best, The Heitmans
Deborah Frost
I admire his many years of hard work for the LLS, and the fact that he's taught his kids the value of community involvement.
Kim and Gary Stewart
Good luck Aidan! What a great cause that we know is very personal to you and your family. Thank you for bringing greater awareness to it. All the best Kim and Gary Stewart
Bob Amani and family
All the best - good luck!
Tim Burch
#DanteStrong
Meg & Barton
Awesome that you are doing this, Aidan! I'm sure your parents are so proud of you! Good luck!
Pam and Jeff Kromer
Aidan, This is a great cause and we wish you all the best! Go Team Aidan!! --The Kromer's
Doug and Sharon
Aidan, Good Luck on your campaign. We remember when your Dad was going through treatment for Lymphoma. Doug & Sharon
Kelly and Mark Weber
Thank you for your hard work and dedication
Karen Rothenberger
Good luck!
Marco Ricci
Keep up all the good efforts Aidan!
SUSAN MORAN
Thanks for donating your time and efforts to help those living with blood cancers.
Ruth Anne Luckenbaugh
Good job, Aidan!
Mike & Nancy Pehan
Good luck Aidan, in meeting your fund raising goals. In 2007 I too had a Non Hodgkins Lymphoma, it was successfully treated. We enjoyed meeting your Grandparents on a cruise several years ago, and continue corresponding with them.
Anonymous
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Tom & Heidi McNeal
Our friend Dante, our daughter (Hannah) as well as all those and their families affected by this disease.
Melissa and Bill Wright
What a great effort -- good luck in achieving your goal! The Wright's
Gloria Kiker
Best of luck meeting your goal!
The Mosley Family
Thank you for your efforts on behalf of this great cause!
Donna Foreman
Great job, Aidan! Keep up the good work!
Christopher Porter
Good Luck Aidan! Im sure you will meet your goal.
Kathy Newell
Good Luck with this great cause!!