My name is Bella Antonetti, and I am a junior at Marian Central. I have been chosen to take part in a program called Students of the Year. Students of the Year is 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. I am honored to be given the opportunity to raise money and make a difference in the lives of those that have been diagnosed with Leukemia. All donations are greatly appreciated and are tax deductible. Your generous donations will support LLS-funded research, help provide critical information and support for patients, and support advocacy for laws to ensure patients can access the care and treatments they need.

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!

Please visit our website often and bring 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.