Hello! I am Alexis Puthussery, a junior at Boston University Academy and leader of the Brookline Blood Cancer Campaign in the 2019 Students of the Year fundraiser. The Students of the Year program 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.  Our team of motivated people have been working hard to raise money and awareness for LLS these pst couple months and we can’t wait to see what we’ll accomplish with your help now.

We are proud to be raising critical dollars in honor of Jaden Doher, an 8th grader at the Bromfield School who is currently battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. 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. Our goal is to raise at least $35,000.  It's an ambitious goal, but with your help, we will be able to reach it and go even higher!  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 encourage you to share this link with as many people as you can and raise awareness for blood cancer as well.

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, we thank you for your support! For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org