I am honored to participate as a team member for the 2021 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 motivated to take part in this program and raise money for LLS because, like many others, I have been directly impacted by the effects of cancer. My father passed away from kidney cancer in 2015 when I was only a 5th grader. I am now a Junior at Hewitt-Trussville High School and continuing to make him proud by maintaining good grades in my advanced and AP classes,  participating in my school's Service Association, and playing our favorite sport, soccer, with my school's varsity team and club team at Hoover-Vestavia Soccer Club. The fact that blood cancer research can be used to help other cancers as well makes this cause even more special to me. I hope that through this campaign, I can help make a difference for people now and forever. 

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

Together we can change 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! A special thank you to those who have already made personal donations as well as these businesses who have contributed support:

Bradley, Arant, Boult, Cummings, LLP

Massey, Stotser & Nichols, P.C.

Limbaugh Toyota

Trussville United Soccer Club

Webster Henry

Ferus Artisan Ales 

Express Oil Change and Tire Engineers

Inline Electric Supply Company, Inc.

Ridgeline Roofing and Restoration

Vestavia Hills Soccer Club

Smith and Associates Enterprise-Printing Services

Half Shell Oyster House

Battle Republic

Munoz Mexican Grill

Metro Diner

Nelms Pharmacy

Charm Char Charcuterie Board

Jazzercise- Trussville

Sky Bear Confections

Amari Curb Market

Lane Weichman Photography

On behalf of blood cancer patients everywhere, thank you for your support!

For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org.

Sincerely,

Hannah