Hello All,

I am honored to be participating as a candidate in the 2019 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 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(s) 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, which my mother has.

My personal mission is to support my Aunt with Stage 4 Lung Cancer and my Grandmother with Colon Cancer. Cancer, can often be the awkward elephant in the room that no one wants to discuss, but my team, the Red Elephants, have decided to take on this challenge to spread awareness and raise money to benefit blood cancer research! 

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. I have seen and heard the ways in which LLS has impacted cancer patients and with your help, they can continue their great work and much more!

Please visit our website often and bring friends who would also like to donate! Also, check out my facebook and instagram pages for details and reminders of events to support my team throughout the campaign! Email me at efreeman20@academyoftheholycross.org if you would like to receive weekly updates for my team!

On behalf of blood cancer patients everywhere, thank you for your support!

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