My name is Yacine Diop, and I am honored to be a co-candidate on Team Mavyd in the 2018 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. I am raising critical dollars in honor of a young patient hero named Eleanor Massa-McKinley. Eleanor is six years old and is currently in remission from blood cancer. Each dollar is a vote. The candidate team who raises the most money at the end of the seven weeks is named Student of the Year. My 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.

My team and I are currently Freshmen at DuPont Manual high school. We are working toward raising money for LLS because of the devastating effects of cancer in all forms that have sculpted our young lives. We live the impact of this disease through the loss of our close friends and family members that look upon us now, and the ones still amongst us today. We would like to help fight this blood cancer from affecting future generations. It would be exhilarating if you could help us reach that goal!  

Since the early 1960's, 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!

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 blood cancer patients everywhere I thank you for your support!

For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org