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Team cuRED | Team cuRED's Campaign
Welcome to Team cuRED's SOY Fundraising Page!
Touring the UCSF research laboratory to meet the doctors and researchers
Team cuRED at Mercy High School
Welcome to Team cuRED's SOY Fundraising Page!
Hello and Welcome to Our Fundraising Page!
We are students of Mercy’s medical program, Women in Science and Health (WISH). 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. This year our co-candidates are Cece Gonzalez ‘20, Michella Kahanding ‘20, and Erika Bodlak ’21, along with the Mercy’s WISH students, we are Team cuRED!
Together we have one goal. We are proud to be raising critical dollars in honor this year's young patient hero, Graham Morgan. Graham was unfortunately diagnosed with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in June 2016. He is currently five years old and is still fighting as his treatment will be complete in August 2019! Each dollar is a vote and the candidate team that raises the most money at the end of the seven weeks is named Student(s) of the Year. Our Team cuRED's goal is to raise $30,000 for those impacted by cancer. 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.
We are reaching out to you because we believe that you can be the difference in our world! Every 3 minutes one person in the United States is diagnosed with blood cancer and every 9 minutes someone dies. We shouldn't live in a world where this statistic is our unfortunate truth.
However, knowing that there are people out there, like you, who are contributing to the fight against cancer is motivating because it gives us hope that one day a cure for cancer will be found.
There are a few different ways that you can contribute to this cause! A few ways that you can help us:
1. Please donate directly to this fundraising page
2. If you prefer to mail a check, please make it out to “LLS” with Team cuRED in the memo line and send to:
ATTN:
Caleigh Bemont
101 Montgomery St. Suite 750
San Francisco CA 94104
3. Share our message and fundraising link with your contacts through email and or social media.
We really are changing the face of blood cancer! All donations are greatly appreciated and are tax deductible. Since the early 1960s, five-year survival rates for many blood cancer patients have doubled, tripled or even quadrupled. 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. Again, Please remember that no donation is ever too small or too large! All proceeds go toward finding a cure for blood cancer to improve the quality of patients and their families, such as Graham.
Your donations will 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! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through our moderator, Ms. Mathisen, at kmathisen@mercyhs.org
On behalf of blood cancer patients everywhere, we thank you so much for your support! Your donation will truly make a difference in our world today and gives hope for a future closer to a cure for blood cancers.
Sincerely,
Cece, Michella, and Erika, and Mercy's team
Mercy High School SF’s Team cuRED