Whoohoo! The Students of the Year Campaign has oficially kicked off. One of my favorite Christmas presents this year was some LLS merch. Let's raise these vital funds to support the mission of LLS because "beating cancer is in our blood"!

More to come, Mackenzie

Hi, it's me again! Welcome back to the Students of the Year Campaign for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! This year, I have taken on a different role in the fundraising campaign. Last year, I was a candidate and my team, Rebels for a Cure raised just under $63,000 in seven weeks! Yes, sixty-three THOUSAND dollars!! I was honored as a Top Fundraiser (for passing 50k) and recieved the citizenship award for community involvement. One of my friends and team members, Corrin Line won the Relentless for a Cure Award for her...you guessed it, relentless efforts to fundraise for blood cancer research. This year, Corrin has taken on the challenge as a candidate, and I am supporting her as a team member. Corrin has a goal for her team, Line Up for a Cure, to raise $50,000! My mom and I are hoping to contribute $10,000 towards her goal.

Corrin and I posing with our awards at the 2019 Students of the Year Grand Finale Gala!

I am honored to participate as a team member for the 2020 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 support my candidate and am raising critical dollars in honor of a young patient hero who is currently battling or is in remission from a blood cancer. Each dollar is a vote. The candidate team that raises the most money at the end of the seven weeks is named Student of the Year. 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.