Hello Everybody! I have some exciting news!!! If you would like to attend Grand Finale Night on March 14, 2020, all you have to do is donate $50 to my website with the comment "for Grand Finale Night ticket"! I would love it if you would invite friends and family to attend!! Please email me at 22eabergsmith@harrisburg.k12.sd.us for more information!

THANK YOU!!!! Thank you all so much for your wonderful contributions to my campaign! Thank you to my family and friends for all of the support throughout my journey as a 2020 Students of the Year candidate! I couldn't have asked for a better group of people to motivate and inspire me during these seven weeks. However, there is still time left! Please get the word out and share this page or my Facebook fundraiser with co-workers, friends, family, etc. Any donation is welcome! Thank you all so much and I can't wait to see what we have all accomplished at Grand Finale! Love to all and hope you have a wonderful day!

Until there is a cure,

Ella Bergsmith

Today is World Cancer Day! My goal today is to get 20 or more donations in an effort to raise $600+ for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Any donation helps! Your donation will help make medical advancements in new, cutiing-edge treatments for children and adults affected by blood cancer. Thank you for all of everyone's support so far!

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.