Thank you for visiting my fundraising page!

Today more than a million Americans are fighting a daily battle with blood cancers and every 3 minutes another person unwillingly joins the fight. I have been given the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join the battle and help those living with blood cancers. I am a team member of Ashlee Shedd’s Student of the Year Campaign, and I could not be more excited to make a difference in the lives of patients across the country.

I have signed on as a Team Member to help Ashlee Shedd accomplish her ambitious goal of helping to cure cancer once and for all. This mission is especially important to me personally because this campaign helps make a difference to those who are suffering from blood cancers and it can broaden my understanding of these cancers with hopes of becoming a doctor in the future.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is the largest donor to blood cancer research in the nation. They have invested nearly $1.4 billion in research, and are leaders in advancing breakthroughs in immunotherapy, genomics, and personalized medicine. These revolutionary new treatments originally discovered through blood cancer research are now being tested in clinical trials for other cancers. While there has been phenomenal progress, there is still so much more to be done. Cancer is still one of the leading causes of death in children and young adults.

My campaign provides an opportunity to support the critical work of LLS in combating these diseases.  I am honoring those who have battled blood cancers and raising money that will go directly to LLS in support of its longstanding mission to find a cure and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Our team, Fundraising to Fight Cancer, is working to raise as much as possible over the next 7 weeks – January 17 - March 5, 2021. We have an amazing goal of $50,000 and I want to help us get there. 

Help be part of the cure and help our team compete in the Charlotte Students of the Year campaign. For more information about LLS and Student of the Year, please visit studentsoftheyear.org.

With gratitude,

Koshie Larbi-Siaw

2021 Students of the Year Team Member