Thank you so much for considering helping me and Gigi with this fundraiser as candidates for the 2021 Student of the Year Campaign through The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society! This campaign runs January 7-February 28th, so time is of the essence.

This cause is especially meaningful as we are raising money to help the local LLS hero, Elena Antonera, who was a classmate of Gigi's at St. Thresa's Catholic School. Sadly, Elena was going to star as Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz production at school, but her Leukemia returned for a second time and she had to get a bone marrow transplant. She is fighting hard against her cancer and we want to help her! Elena even got her driver's permit recently. 

While the LLS Student of the Year campaign fundraiser is a contest to see who can raise the most money in the race to find a cure for blood cancers, we also want to help Elena. She has faced a lot of hardship throughout her teenage years, and Gigi and I believe donating money in her honor is the least we can do!

Please join us! You can donate through this page using a credit card, Venmo, or PayPal. All donations are tax-deductible. If you are more comfortable sending a check, you can make it out to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and send it to our home at : 1606 Watchhill, Austin, TX 78703. 
 

It feels good to do good things while we are in this pandemic and cannot do all the things we are used to doing.  Thank you so much in advance!

All the best and with much appreciation,

Charlie and Gigi Thomas

I am honored to participate as a team member for the 2021 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.