Thank you for your support of my Student Visionaries of the Year campaign! Please visit https://SVOYCLT25.givesmart.com to make your generous donation to my team's campaign. All you need to do is click on the donate link and find my team, Team Cancer Crusaders.

I am a visionary; I have a vision for a world without cancer, but I need your help.

This year, I’m proud to be a part of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Student Visionaries of the Year Campaign, working to raise as much as possible for LLS’s mission.

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.

Please consider joining this fight by making a donation. All donations are greatly appreciated and tax-deductible. Please visit my website often and tell friends who would also like to donate!

I have signed on as a Team Member to help Hayden Frazier accomplish their ambitious goal of helping to cure cancer once and for all. This mission is especially important to me personally.  We have several family friends who have lost their parents and grandparents to blood cancer.  My grandma was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in July 2022.  She fought a tough battle and eventually passed in November 2024.  Her disease impacted everyone in our family, and it has been a great loss.  I miss her very much.  Even though my grandma had a different type of cancer (one that doesn’t get much research sadly), The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society does a wonderful job of funding cancer research and advocating for laws that make the lives better for ALL cancer patients.  I have personally set a goal of raising $5000 towards are larger team goal.  My hope is that their research will lead to breakthroughs in pancreatic cancer too.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is the largest donor to blood cancer research in the nation. They have invested nearly $1.7 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.  
 

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!

Thank you for your generosity.

-Charlie Howland.

Team Cancer Crusaders.

2025 Charlotte Student Visionaries of the Year Team Member

PS: Make your donation go further and check to see if your company matches donations!  www.LLS.org/matchinggifts

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