It’s World Cancer Day and a perfect day to start my campaign. I am proud to be leading a team of 10 people in raising $50,000 to help knock our blood cancers as well as offer support to those suffering from Leukemia, Lymphoma, Hodgkins and other blood cancers. I am taking part in the 7 week Greater Connecticut region of the Leukemia Lymphoma Society’s national Student of the Year Campaign. On March 25, the winner will be announced and presented with a college scholarship. I hope to be that candidate. I never got to know my grandfather John Patrick Callahan since he died of cancer before I was born. Please help if you are able. All donations are tax deductible and 80% of all donations go directly to research, treatments, patient support services and advocacy. A world without cancer would be amazing.

I have signed up to save lives with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) and am working to raise as much as possible over the next 7 weeks. Every dollar raised counts as one vote for my campaign. The candidate(s) whose team tallies the most votes earns the prestigious title of Student or Students of the Year. Will you help me earn that title?
 
As you know, everyone wins when cancer loses. Thanks to your support, my efforts will help fund therapies and treatments that are saving lives. Over the years, support from people like you has been responsible for the blood cancer advancements that have doubled, tripled, and in some cases quadrupled the survival rate for some blood cancers.
 
Many LLS-supported therapies not only help blood cancer patients but are also now used to treat patients with rare forms of stomach and skin cancers and are in clinical trials for patients with lung, brain, breast, pancreatic and prostate cancers. And LLS-funded drugs like targeted therapies and immunotherapies are now saving thousands of lives every day.
 
We really are getting close to our goal of a world without blood cancers!
 
All donations are greatly appreciated and tax-deductible. They'll not only support LLS research, but patient services, advocacy, public and professional education, and community services as well.
 
Please visit my website often and tell 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