I am honored to participate in the 2019 Students of the Year program, a seven-week fundraising program to spread awareness of the severity of blood cancer and raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I am proud to be raising money in honor of Raven, a sweet 5 year old girl who has beeen battling Leukemia for the past 2 years. Her family's life was turned upside down on the morning of May 26, 2017 when they found their 3 year old daughter's nose dripping with blood. They didn't know what do or what was happening. Thinking that her daughter would be all better in a matter of days, Raven's mom took Raven to the local urgent care only to find out that her baby girl had cancer. What happened next is a parent's worst nightmare, having to watch their child battle death and not being able to help in anyway. Through your kind donations we can help ease the struggles faced by these figthing patients and their poor families. Our mission is to not only raise the most money to fund for research and patient care but also to bring attention to blood cancers like leukemia, 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. The impact of the LLs foundation is tremendous and donating to this program means contributing to the solution. It means helping those who can't help themselves and giving a chance to children and adults to survive in the face of these obstacles. Your donations have a huge impact on the lives of these people because it gives them the hope that their children or their loved ones will live to be with them another day. Though you may not be able see the effect of your contributions, I assure you any and all the money is going towards research for cancer treatments or towards patients currently fighting blood cancer.

We really are changing the face of blood cancer, thanks to the people like you who are supporting through the LLS programs!

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, thank you for your support!

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