Students of the Year Washington DC
Rebecca Damelin | Strive for a Cure
Welcome to Rebecca Damelin's SOY Fundraising Page!
The Difference Your Donation Can Make
Within the past 18 months, there have been 25 blood cancer treatments approved by the FDA, and 20 of them were LLS-funded! This is only made possible due to the countless amount of advocates, volunteers, and donators. The treatments aimed towards curing blood cancer can also be extremely beneficial to curing many other types of cancers including brain, breast, colon, prostate, pancreatic, stomach and skin cancer. One outcome of the improving technology is the unbelievable increase of the 5-year survival rate for the most common pediatric cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia. This five-year survival rate has increased from 3% in 1964, to more than 90% today! Please join me in helping to improve the lives of more than 1.3 billion people, who are currently suffering from blood cancers.
Welcome to Rebecca Damelin's SOY Fundraising Page!
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.
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.
31 Comments
Rachel Damelin
Good luck in reaching your goal, Rebecca! Great work towards an important goal!
Francine Margolis
Best of luck Rebecca! Way to go!
Harold Damelin
Rebecca, very proud that you are doing something so worthwhile. I hope you reach your goal. Papa.
Harriet Damelin
Rebecca,this is a very worthwhile cause and I know you will be working hard to reach your goal. Love you. Nana.
Fara Damelin
Rebecca, I'm so proud of you for working towards such a worthwhile cause and will be cheering you and your team on as you achieve your important goal!!! Lots of Love, Mom
Janet Damelin
Rebecca, I am so proud of the amazing young woman you are. This cause is very close to my heart since your great-grandfather died of Leukemia.
Debra Butler
Best of luck on your efforts for this worthy cause!
Debbie and Hank Miller
Great cause Rebecca. Good luck!
Marcia Schneider
Proud of you and your wonderful cause!???
Judith Danzig
Hi Rebecca, what a worthy cause! I’m proud of you and hope you make your goal! Love Grandma
Julia D COX
Good luck with your goal Rebecca!
Kristine Deringer
I hope you meet your goals Rebecca. Great cause.
Judy and Av Hecht
Good Luck to a Super Star
Sandra Simon
We hope you make your goal Rachel. This is a very worthwhile cause. Sandy and Jon
Leah Damelin
Good luck completing your fundraiser for such a great cause:)
Stephen Braverman
Nice Work!
Michael Portnoy
Wonderful cause!
Laura Ryan
Good luck Rebecca! Thank You.
Brian Schmanske
Good luck meeting your goal. Great cause!
James Graham
Good work
Sun Hur-Diaz
Best wishes!
Nancy & Michael Damelin
Congratulations and good luck in reaching your goal! It's a great cause and one that's very important to our family! Nancy and Michael Damelin
Megan Martin
Happy to support this worthwhile cause! Thanks for including us and great work, Rebecca!
Jennifer Anthony
Good luck reaching your goal!!
Michelle Monnett
Good luck, Rebecca!
Dennis & Laura Ryan
Thank you for working on this important cause! be. Be Well, The Ryan Family
Lynn Green
Good luck in reaching your goal, Rebecca! I am happy to donate to LLS in memory of my mother, Bev Schneider.
Cary & Nancy Feldman
Wonderful that you are doing this Rebecca, and we admire your initiative and energy in reaching out...continuously. Hoping and trusting that you ad your teams will meet and exceed your goals. Cary & Nancy Feldman
Jenny Winters
Great work Rebecca!
Neil Schlussel
A very worthwhile endeavor. It is great that you are doing this.
Vicki Weissman
Great job Rebecca!