Hello!

My name is Thomas. I have been given the amazing opportunity to support The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as a Student Visionary of the Year 2025 candidate. This is a seven-week fundraising competition to raise money supporting the Leukemia and Lymphoma society, from January 22 to March 15. As the leader  of Team “Kicking out Cancer”, I will be working to raise funds to benefit LLS and the families it helps. I am asking my friends and family to help us assist the efforts of LLS to find a cure for blood cancer. This year, as a team, we are aiming to raise $50,000. By donating, you will make a big impact on our ability to achieve this goal and help patients battling Leukemia, Lymphoma, or other types of cancer.

Throughout my childhood, I frequently heard adults discussing pediatric cancers and their effects on children around my age. Leukemia, for example, is the most common pediatric cancer in the world. Hearing these terrifying facts motivated me to step up and begin making changes to help save the lives of children with deadly cancers. By supporting LLS, I am helping the organization make great strides toward providing financial assistance for research aimed at discovering a cure against various deadly cancers, not only blood cancer. 

As a global leader in the fight against blood cancer, LLS:

• Funds cutting-edge research leading to breakthroughs in immunotherapy, genomics and personalized medicine that are improving and saving the lives of patients
• Provides free education and support for blood cancer patients and families, including personalized, one-on-one support, assistance with identifying and enrolling in clinical trials, and more.
• Mobilizes thousands of advocates to drive policy changes that accelerate the development of new cancer treatments and break down barriers to care.

Every three minutes someone in the United States is diagnosed with a blood cancer. By donating to LLS, you are helping their mission to help cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, and myeloma, and to improve the quality of life for patients and their families. Not only is LLS helping patients with blood cancers, but LLS is going beyond blood cancer. Of the 66 new cancer-fighting drugs approved by the FDA in the US since 2017, 56 were initially developed for blood cancers, and many had funding from LLS. All 56 drugs show promise for treating other cancers and diseases including lung, brain, breast, pancreatic and prostate cancers, Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and MS.

Please consider joining this fight by making a donation. All donations are greatly appreciated and tax-deductible in the US. Please visit my website often and tell friends who would also like to donate! In addition, when submitting a donation, please check to see if your company matches donations. If so, please let me know, so I can make sure the match goes towards the team's campaign.

Thanks to your support, my efforts will help ensure this generation is the last to see cancer.

On behalf of blood cancer patients everywhere, thank you!

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