Hello and welcome to my page. I am honored to participate as a candidate for the 2020 Student of the Year program, a seven-week initiative in which they select high school students from around the country to participate in a fundraising competition to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I am proud to be a part of a team with two of my best friends I have known since Kindergarten, Team Better Together. I am currently a sophomore at Delbarton School. My hope is to make a difference and contribute to fight the heartache of this disease. This has been my inspiration to join SOY and LLS.  Each dollar is a vote and counts towards helping my campaign for this cause. The 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 has 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 helping 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.

I will be grateful for any contribution. 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!

In wellness always,

Lucas DePasquale