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Welcome to Team Forsyth 4 The Cure's SOY Fundraising Page!
We are Team Forsyth 4 The Cure and asking for your help! My name is Mason Carter and I am a Junior at Pinecrest Academy. My Co-Candidate is Rhett Williams and he is a Junior at West Forsyth High School. We are both honor students and very active in school, church, and the community so this was a no-brainer to get involved in this important cause. We have both been personally affected by cancer with our family and friends and are passionate about finding a cure. Right now, my Grannie is battling metastatic breast cancer and wouldn’t be alive today without therapies funded by LLS. My Co-candidate is fighting this fight in memory of a dear friend, Lily Anderson, who unfortunately lost her battle with neuroblastoma at a very young age. Cancer affects people of all ages and feeling the pain associated with someone in our friend circle has made this an even more important battle for us to fight and win!
We are honored to participate in the 2019 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. We are proud to be 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(s) 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 and need your help!
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 all of our family and friends and blood cancer patients everywhere, thank you for your support!
For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org.
Mason Carter and Rhett Williams
Team Forsyth 4 The Cure
678-800-6267 and 678-900-4693