Students of the Year Columbus, OH
Tessa Whittaker | Ignite the Fight
Ignite the Fight Team
I am honored to participate as a team member for the 2020 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 proud to support my candidate and 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 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.
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, thank you for your support!
For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org.
7 Comments
Stephen Larson
General Fred Larson USAF was a born leader and fought to the end in his battle with Leukemia. He would heartened to know his memory lives on in supporting this great cause. Keep up the good fight against cancer! Thank you Tessa and the Leukemia and Lympoma Society!
Morrison Family
Uncle Ken may you rest in peace and we will pray for a cure for all future patients. Love you
Matthew Neuman
Good luck Tessa. Neumans from Homer, NY
Todd Hills & Dawn Smith
Happy to support you and Team Ignite the Fight!
Stuart Whittaker
Good luck Tessa! Thanks for your hard work and dedication on this very worthy project.
Elise Peters
Yay Tessa !!!!!!!!!
Aaron Whittaker
Ticket for Grand Finale - Mitchell Whittaker attendee