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 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. I am confident that with the help of YOUR donation, I can help fund the treatments that will make sure no other family loses a loved one to this horrible disease. Very recently, my mother lost a dear friend and coworker from Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, and I currently have a friend battling lymphoma. I would like to raise enough money to help cure my friend, and all others who have struggled with cancer.

Please visit our website often and bring friends who would also like to donate!

And remember, curing cancer is no longer just a wish - with your help, it can be a promise.

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