Thank you so much for your interest in supporting the mission of LLS!  Please note, gifts made on this page after 4:00pm on Thursday, March 17th, 2022 will not be counted towards the competition for the 2022 Triad Students of the Year. To make a gift that will be credited to your candidate’s competition total after 4:00pm on Thursday, March 17th, please visit https://SOYTriad22.givesmart.com. 

My name is Karson Dickens, and I am a cancer survivor! At the age of four, I was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia(ALL), and underwent two and a half years of chemotherapy and other treatments. At the time, I didn't know having cancer would change my life forever, but it did. Not only did it change my life, but it changed the lives of my loved ones. Luckily, I won my battle with cancer, and have been in remission for over ten years now, but I couldn't have done it without the support of loved ones and organizations like the LLS. Their mission is to raise money to fund research that helps cure kids like me, and others with blood cancers. It's not fair for any family to experience cancer. I am truly blessed! My hope is that with help from people like you that one day cancer will be cured!

That is why I have signed up to save lives with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), and am working to raise as much as possible over the next 7 weeks. Every dollar raised counts as one vote for my campaign, Karson's Cancer Crushers. The candidate(s) whose team tallies the most votes earns the prestigious title of Student or Students of the Year. Will you help me earn that title and help beat cancer?
 
As you know, everyone wins when cancer loses. Thanks to your support, my efforts will help fund therapies and treatments that are saving lives. Over the years, support from people like you has been responsible for the blood cancer advancements that have doubled, tripled, and in some cases, quadrupled the survival rate for some blood cancers.
 
Many LLS-supported therapies not only help blood cancer patients but are also now used to treat patients with rare forms of stomach and skin cancers and are in clinical trials for patients with lung, brain, breast, pancreatic and prostate cancers. And LLS-funded drugs, like targeted therapies and immunotherapies, are now saving thousands of lives every day.
 
We really are getting close to our goal of a world without blood cancers!
 
All donations are greatly appreciated and tax-deductible. They'll not only support LLS research, but patient services, advocacy, public and professional education, and community services as well.
 
Please visit my website often and tell friends who would also like to donate!
 
On behalf of blood cancer patients everywhere, thank you for your support! For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org