I am honored to be nominated as a candidate for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) 2023 Austin Student Visionaries of the Year campaign. Student Visionaries of the Year is a seven-week leadership development program that runs from January 6, 2023 to February 25, 2023 to raise money to help blood cancer patients not only survive but thrive after treatment.  I am writing today to ask for your support of my campaign and LLS’s mission to find a cure for blood cancers and improve the quality of life for patients. 

I have created a team of committed friends and family to partner with me on this journey. Together, we have set a fundraising goal of $15,000! The money raised helps LLS, the largest nonprofit dedicated to creating a world without blood cancers, fund research to advance lifesaving treatments, drive advocacy for policies that protect patient access to these treatments, and provide patients and families with hope, guidance, education, and support. Our candidate team is particularly passionate about advocacy and will be representing this area of LLS during my campaign.

LLS is relentless, agile, and determined to effect meaningful change in the fight against blood cancers and has raised its voice to put patients and families at the center of everything it does. LLS empowers advocates across the country to share their stories and prompt lawmakers to act on public policy issues that matter to blood cancer patients and survivors – from improving access to treatment to promoting meaningful insurance coverage for patients to accelerating new cures.

With our busy lives, It can be hard to look beyond ourselves. Donating to LLS is a great way to do something bigger than ourselves. My campaign will provide support to the critical work of LLS in hopes that one day no one will have to grow up without the ones they love. I know that with your help, I can reach my goal and make a direct impact in the fight against blood cancers.

​​​​​​​All donations received will support LLS’s overall mission to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. I thank you in advance for partnering with a campaign so close to my heart, and please remember, every bit counts. 

Sincerely,
Luke McCutchin

2023 Student Visionaries of the Year Candidate

On behalf of blood cancer patients everywhere, thank you!

For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org.