Students of the Year Washington DC
Haley Smith | Knockout Blood Cancer
Welcome to Haley Smith's SOY Fundraising Page!
Hello Friends and Family,
It's Haley Smith, and I am honored to participate 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 fundraising in memory of my grandparents, Dorothy Kee and Carl Smith, who both lost battles to two different kinds of blood cancer. I am a member of a fundraising team called Knock Out Blood Cancer, led by two of my friends, Charlotte Henry and Holden Smith. 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, lymphoma, and myeloma. Together we can help find a cure!
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.
27 Comments
Kurt Klunder
You are awesome!!
Jim Gleason
Great job Hayley !!! Coach G.
Nancy Kee
Great campaign Haley! So proud of your efforts!
Engel family
What a great cause! Good luck to you and your team!
Brennan Kalinowski
War Eagle!! Thank you for supporting and fundraising a wonderful cause.
Donna Kellermann
You rock, beautiful young lady! I am inspired you are taking the time to raise money for cancer research. Thank you for doing this.
Richard Cook
Good luck Haley!!
Laurel A.
Good luck Hayley!
Terry Smith
In memory of Dad
Cindy and Jeff Smith
Haley, we are so proud of your efforts for such a great cause! Your grandparents would be very proud of you!
nancy kim
Dear Haley - such a great cause.
Maggie Kovacs
Proud of you all, thanks for sending to me :)
Alison Mische
You are doing a great thing here Haley, your grandparents would be proud!!
The Costello Family
Good luck Haley!
Pence Family
The Pence Family
David and Holly Karp
Haley, What a wonderful cause and effort.
The Okeson Family
Haley ~ there is much to be admired in these efforts! Good luck reaching your goal!!
Michael Bowles
Since I have Lymphoma I think it is in bounds to donate in honor of myself.
Youngkin family
Haley -- so proud of you for this effort. We hope you meet your goal and more. the Youngkins
The Sechser Family
Haley, Best of luck with your campaign!
Claudia Bernstein
Haley, Our pleasure to help you support this wonderful cause. The Bernsteins
Virgil Kee
Thank you, Haley. This was in memory of your Grandmother, Dorothy Kee who had a blood cancer (Multiple Myeloma).
Jamie Rodriguez
Great job!
Miller/Burkhardt family
Haley, Good luck with your fundraising for this important cause, The Miller/Burkhardt family
Allen and Kara Hicks
Haley - great job working so hard for such a great cause!
Beth Coakley
Great job Haley!
Autumn Yates
Great work Haley!