Ellie and I are so grateful to support an amazing organization, and we feel very connected to the mission of LLS because of the people in our lives who have been affected by cancer.

Bella:

For me, I feel connected to the mission of LLS because my grandpa currently suffers from non-hodgkin’s lymphoma.  In non-hodgkin's lymphoma, tumors develop from lymphocytes — a type of white blood cell. Because someone so close to me in my family is affected by Lymphoma, LLS is an organization I knew I had to advocate for. I’m so happy to be a part of this program because I can help people who have illnesses just like my grandpa, as well as support patients in need of help. I know I can depend on my friends and family to help make a difference and take part in LLS’s mission to ultimately cure blood cancers.

 

Ellie:

LLS is very important to me because my aunt Stephanie suffers from a blood cancer called Essential Thrombocythemia (ET). It is the abnormal development and function of bone marrow cells that produce blood cells and leads to an overproduction of platelets. Today, she is a wife, daughter, sister, my aunt, and a mom of two children. She has stayed strong and my family and I have been supporting her cause for as long as we have known.

Ever since I was nominated as a candidate to represent this organization and after researching the cause I knew this was something I could contribute to and help make a difference. LLS funds all sorts of research that does not only help find a cure for Leukemia and Lymphoma but other types of cancer including bone marrow cancer like my aunt.

It means the world to me that I get to make a change in people's lives being as young as I am and that it is helping someone that is so close to my heart. 

 

Bella Veal and I were nominated to be candidates in an organization called Students of the Year. The goal is to help families that are struggling with this disease and to raise money and awareness as well. We have learned leadership and communication skills throughout our journey. Today marks the first day of accepting donations and the beginning of our 7 week program to raise as much money as possible for LLS. Please help Bella and I to raise money and awareness for those in need!

Thank you for visiting my fundraising page, welcome!

I encourage you to join me in supporting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) by making a donation to my fundraising campaign. By donating to LLS, you support the many facets of LLS’s mission work from investing in groundbreaking research, providing education and support to patients, and advocating at the state and federal level for legislation to help those living with cancer. My appreciation for your support cannot be overstated — each and every dollar donated to LLS brings us closer to our goal to end blood cancer and makes an impact for cancer patients and their families.

As a global leader in the fight to end cancer, LLS is committed to doing more for blood cancer patients and families than any organization in the world. LLS’s signature fundraising campaigns drive critical support for its mission, including a nearly $1.3 billion investment in cutting edge cancer research worldwide since it was founded in 1949. Since the 1960s, survival rates for many blood cancer patients have doubled, tripled, or even quadrupled.

Every facet of LLS’s mission – research, education and support, and policy and advocacy – work in harmony to put blood cancer patients and their families first. LLS has helped millions impacted by cancer throughout its more than 70-year history, even funding breakthrough blood cancer research to advance lifesaving treatments and cures that is now helping patients with other cancers and diseases. That is why at LLS we say that beating cancer is in our blood.

Please visit my website as often as you can and share it with everyone you know who would also like to join us in the fight against cancer. Together, we have the power, the passion and the resolve to achieve a world without blood cancer. All donations are tax-deductible.

On behalf of cancer patients and their families everywhere, I sincerely thank you for your support!

For more information about LLS, please visit lls.org