Students of the Year Austin
Nivitha Kandula | Team Nivitha
Nivitha's Students of the Year Fundraiser
I am honored to participate as a candidate 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 team 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.
6 Comments
Viv Lynn
I'm honored to support Nivitha Kandula and her team in her quest to cure blood cancers.What an awesome sacrifice of time and energy it is for scholars to focus on making a better world for others! This type of quest is JUST the type of selfless investment Nivitha would make - and recipients are blessed! I'm confident there IS a cure!
Balaji Rao
Great Job Nivitha, good luck...
Bobby
Nivi,You are making a difference by collecting funds towards a good cause.
Praveen Pasupuleti
Good Job Nivitha
Rishika Reddy
Proud of you for raising money for such an important cause, Nivi!
Shyam Reganti
This is a very thoughtful initiative Nivi. Kudos to you and your team, way to go.