Students of the Year Long Island
Akanksha Tayal
Welcome to Akanksha Tayal's SOY Fundraising Page!
Thanks for your support of Students of the Year. Individual fundraising pages are now closed as we prepare for Grand Finale. If you would like to support your candidate and have it count towards their total please read carefully.
To donate online during the hours of 9am- 8pm on Thursday, March 21, 2019 visit: https://soyli19.auction-bid.org/microsite/donate-items
You can also bid on our silent auction! It is now live at https://soyli19.auction-bid.org and will close at 8:45pm on Thursday.
Thank you!
I am 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. I am proud to be raising critical dollars in honor of a young patient hero who is currently battling or is in remission from a blood cancer. I am running for my Grandfather who tragically passed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Each dollar is a vote. The candidate team that raises the most money at the end of the seven weeks is named Student(s) of the Year. However whoever wins, Cancer loses, and this has been my motto for the past two years during my involvement with LLS. 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.
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!
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, thank you for your support!
For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org.
19 Comments
Scott Filipkowski
Thank you for your efforts in advancing this cause.
Janarda Bell
Keep up the good work!
Rosa Kedir
You are a warrior - for going through this experience to raise funds and awareness for such a worthy cause. Masha'Allah, I am so proud of you! -Rosa and family
Ramon
Keep up the great work!!!
Lauren Lewis
Dear Akanksha, Best wishes on reaching your fundraising goal! Best wishes, ~Lauren
Sharon Matthews
Akanksha, you are already Student of the Year in my book but I am rooting for you to win! I am proud of your efforts to find a cure and win the fight against this disease. Go, Akanksha!
Raj Patel
Keep up the good work!
Lori and Chris Homer
So happy to help your efforts for this cause.
Vibha Malhotra
Good Luck Akaksha. Very proud of you. Keep up the good work.
Jessie M.
So proud of you dear Akanksha! I ask about you from your dear Mum.
Surekha Tayal
In memory of my father
Moby Kazmi
Proud of you! Uncle Moby
Mohan Vaswani
Keep up the good work MMM.
Komal Kapoor
Wish you all the best keep up the good work. Proud of you Mun!
Elena Andrade
Good Luck Akanksha! You've got this!
Anonymous
You got this!
Ankit Gera
Thank you Akanksha for supporting this foundation and bring awareness to your community! All the best!
shaheen
Thanks for doing this ! All the best !
Lucy Malave
Akansha, I am honored to donate to such a worthy cause. Whether you reach the goal amount, you have already accomplished a goal of awareness that is near and dear to your heart. Wishing you much success in all your endeavors. You have a wonderful family supporting you. Keep up the great work!