Hi! My name is Liza Lapeyre. I am honored to be representing Isidore Newman School 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 be raising money 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 to 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.

I got involved with this campaign because my grandmother was diagnosed with lymphoma when I was ten years old and she is a very important part of my life. Her survivorship is my motivation in this campaign, and I am so excited to have the opportunity to raise money to find cures for cancer. LLS is not only dedicated to finding cures for cancer, but they also lend a helping hand to patients in need of financial and emotional support. I am working not only to raise money but also to raise awareness throughout my community. By raising money for this amazing cause I will help more people who are diagnosed with cancers become survivors of cancer.

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.