In 2017, when I was in 7th grade, my Uncle Billy, 53 years old at the time, was diagnosed with a rare and complicated form of Leukemia. It was a random string of cancer, nothing to do with his health and nothing to do with genetics in our family. Our family was shocked. There were points during his battle with cancer where he was on death's door and points where he looked and felt almost normal. Through hundreds of treatments and visits to the hospital, his pain was unbearable and heartbreaking for me and my family to watch him suffer through. My Aunt Rita, being close to a perfect match, generously gave a bone marrow transfusion to assist in my uncle's efforts to recover. However, over this past summer, my Uncle Billy became so sick and full of pain that the doctors said he only had a few weeks to live. Living with that much pain was not the way he wanted to live so he accepted his fate. He passed away on July 4th this summer and I wanted to run my campaign in his honor, assisting in any way that I can to prevent other blood cancer patients from going through the pain and hardship he went through. My uncle lived in Delaware, so the Delaware chapter of LLS is close to my heart. And being an Archmere student, I am driven to be a leader and strive to help and care for others. Any donation to my campaign would be greatly appreciated as all the money goes to an incredible cause, one that is extremely close to my heart.