Hey guys I’m Jessica and I’m the team member of Haley and Sabrina’s team 

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 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.

The reason I participate in this campaign is because I had seen some people and their family are really being troubled by the cancer, and even some of my relatives. Seeing a happy and compelete family become fragments. For me, I am just a bystander, I literally can do nothing for them, so when I know this campaign, I feel like it is a chance to really help that family, because financial problem must be a big problem for some family that are not that wealthy. So I’m trying to do much as I can do. 

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.

大家好

我是Jessica

  很荣幸能够参加2019年度学生计划，这是一项为期七周的计划，来自全国各地的精选高中学生参加筹款比赛，以使白血病和淋巴瘤协会受益。我很自豪能够筹集至关重要的美元，以纪念目前正在与血癌症作斗争或正在缓解的年轻病人英雄。每一美元都是投票。在七周结束时筹集最多资金的候选团队被评为年度最佳学生。我们的使命不仅是筹集最多的钱，而且还要关注白血病这样的血癌，这是儿童和青少年中最常见的癌症形式。

   我参加这项活动的原因是因为我看到一些人甚至可能是我的一些亲戚和他们的家人真的被癌症所困扰。我眼睁睁的看着一个快乐和充实的家庭成为碎片。而对我来说，我只是一个旁观者，我实际上并没有办法为他们做什么实际的事情，所以当我知道这个活动时，我觉得我找到了一个真正帮助这些家庭的机会，因为对于一些不那么富裕的家庭而言，经济是一个大问题。所以我正努力尽我所能去筹钱帮助他们。

  自20世纪60年代初以来，许多血癌患者的五年存活率增加了一倍，三倍甚至翻了两番。许多LLS支持的疗法不仅帮助血癌患者，而且帮助患有其他癌症和严重疾病的患者。事实上，首先被批准用于治疗血癌的药物现在被批准用于治疗患有胃癌，皮肤癌和类风湿性关节炎等自身免疫疾病的患者。

  我们真的正在改变血癌的面貌！

  所有捐款都非常受欢迎，可以免税。他们不仅支持LLS资助的研究，还将帮助为患者提供关键信息和支持，并支持法律倡导，以确保患者能够获得他们所需的护理和治疗。

  请经常访问我们的网站，并带来也愿意捐赠的朋友！

  代表各地的血癌患者，感谢您的支持！

  有关LLS的更多信息，请访问www.lls.org。