I am honored to participate as a team leader 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. As a survivor of stage 3 Hodgkin's Lymphoma, this is very personal to me, and I am proud to be raising critical dollars for blood cancer research, access, and advocacy. 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!

Ways to get involved:

1. Make a tax-deductible donation via this link. Please feel free to forward this to friends and family! Also, checks can be made out to Leukemia Lymphoma Society and sent to 3 Spring Hollow Drive, Hopewell, New Jersey 08525

2. Interested in Sponsorship or Partnership opportunities with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society? Please contact haileyaddonizio@hvrsd.org or michaelstivala@hvrsd.org.

3. Come to the Tour and Pour Silent Auction on February 22nd at the River Horse Brewery 7:30-10:00. Tickets go on sale January 16, and are $25 when purchased in advance. They can be bought by cash, check, Zell, PayPal, venmo, etc. Contact amystivala@gmail.com or Kim Marcinkus at 3hvbulldogs@gmail.com to purchase or for more information. Babysitting options will be provided. Contact chloelamond@hvrsd.org for information.  

4. Sponsor or provide a basket for the Silent Auction! We will pick it up the week of February 2nd.