Students of the Year Washington DC
Matthew Yost
Welcome to Matthew Yost's SOY Fundraising Page!
I am honored to represent Georgetown Prep as a candidate along with my good friend and co-candidate Peter Connolly and 11 other juniors from Prep in the 2019 Students of the Year program. This is 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.
Last year I lost someone I knew when I was a toddler to Leukemia and Lymphoma. In March of 2017, he was diagnosed with Leukemia, and he passed away a short six months later. After his death, the doctors found out that he had both Leukemia and Lymphoma. The money that I am raising in this campaign will go directly towards research that will help to cure blood cancers.
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.
20 Comments
Darrell Clark
Happy to help. Good luck with your efforts.
suzanne mason
Best of luck. My father died of Lymphoma. Thanks for doing this. Suzanne Kennedy Mason
Christopher M Kelly
Good luck with your efforts!
The Santiviagos
Such a wonderful thing you are doing! Best, The Santiviagos
The Connors Family
Great cause....good luck with your efforts
Mike McEwan
Best of luck in this worthy cause.
Cawley Family
Great Cause
Melody & Kirk Jones
Best of luck with this, Matthew! It's such a worthy cause. Kirk & Melody Jones
Kathleen Stallings
Thank you, Matthew! The Stallings Family
The DeSimones
Good luck!!
Ann Snowling
Good luck reaching your goal! The Snowlings
Lauren Buckley
Good luck with your campaign!! Lauren and Ben Buckley
Mary & Stan Jones
Thank you Matthew for fighting against Cancer!
The Schropp Family
This is great thing you're doing, keep up the work Matt!
Missy Walker
Keep up the great work!
Peter and Amy Engler
Mathew, We are proud of you for your work with serving others. Good luck!
Rebecca Smith
My dad was diagnosed with leukemia in 1997, and is alive and well today due to some great scientists, doctors, and a bone marrow donor -- plus people like you who help raise money. So I already make donations to LLS, but I'm happy to add a little more. Good luck!
Jimmy & Meg Molloy
Good luck Matt, it is a great cause!
The McAllister Family
Good luck with your campaign!
Robert Jandrasits
Good luck towards your goal.