This past MONTH I had the privilege of being nominated as a candidate for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) 2025 Student Visionaries of the Year Campaign.  Student Visionaries of the Year is a seven-week leadership development program that runs from January 30 - March 22, 2025. to raise money and advocate for LLS.  I am writing today to ask for your support of my campaign and LLS’ mission to find a cure for blood cancers and improve the quality of life for patients.

I have created a team of committed friends and family to partner with me on this journey. Together, we have set a fundraising goal of $250,000!  All the money that is raised goes directly to the largest blood cancer research program in the nation, LLS, to fund cutting-edge research and treatments. In fact, the treatments that LLS is funding benefit non-blood cancer patients too. More than 40% of new cancer treatment drugs approved by the FDA since 2004 which started as blood cancer drugs are now being applied in other forms of cancer!

My  WHY:  Everyone knows someone who has been affected by cancer at some point. For me, that person is my grandpa. He  was diagnosed with MDS cancer  in 2021. MDS is a rare blood cancer that occurs when the bone marrow produces abnormal blood cells that don’t mature. During his treatments he was able to receive help from the Co-pay Assistance Program, all thanks to LLS, which is why I am very passionate about this campaign. I would like to ask for your support.

I thank you in advance for partnering with a campaign so close to my heart, and please remember, every bit counts.

There are two ways to make your tax-deductible contribution to my campaign:

• Please visit my fundraising webpage: https://fundraise.lls.org/edit/4935745. 
• If you would prefer to mail your donation, please use the enclosed donation slip and pre-addressed envelope.  Please make your check payable to: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and print Carter Fay - CLT STUDENT VISIONARIES OF THE YEAR” in the “Memo” section.  The deadline for receiving mailed contributions is March 20, 2025. Please note: your donations are tax deductible.

Help be part of the cure and help my team compete in the 2025 Charlotte Student Visionaries of the Year campaign. For more information, please contact me at cfay@student.lincolncharter.org.  For more information about LLS and Student of the Year, please visit https://www.lls.org/student-visionaries-of-the-year.

I appreciate your contribution to Dunkin on Cancer.

Sincerely,

Carter Fay

Dunkin on Cancer

2025 Charlotte Student Visionaries of the Year Candidate

PS: Make your donation go further and check to see if your company matches donations! https://www.lls.org/ways-help/employee-matching-gifts

Visionaries look to the future—and see infinite possibility.
They challenge the status quo—and make the impossible possible.
They boldly imagine a better world – and lead the charge to create it.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society was built on that same vision - of a better world - one without blood cancers.

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!

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.