MLJ Paving The Way:

Julie Joseph (candidate)

London Hall (candidate)

Dulmi Ratnasiri

Bria Fuller

Courtney Okwara

Annya Onyekwere

Maggie Ryan

Ashley Foley

Nicole Dao

Welcome To My Fundraising Page.

Hi my name is Martha and I am a junior at Holy Cross. I am a participating in the 2018 Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Students of the Year Campaign. A few of my team members including myself have been affected by leukemia, and nearly every person I've ever met has been affected by cancer please donate to help impact someone's life--every dollar counts. Please help my team and I reach our goal of raising at least $25,000. 

Why I am a participating:

•LLS funded 11 FDA-approved treatments in 2017 and were able to do so through the donations of several generous individuals 

•any amount is greatly appreciated and makes an impact

•Leukemia is the #1 cancer taking the lives of children 

•every nine minutes someone dies of a blood cancer 

•100% of the money I raise will go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

•The mission of LLS is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality if life for patients and their families

•LLS has invested over ONE BILLION dollars in research funding over the past 65 years

•LLS provides free information, education, and support for those who have been effected by blood cancer 

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.

I am raising critical dollars in honor of a young patient hero who is currently battling or is in remission from a blood cancer. 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