Students of the Year Washington DC
Ruthie Foley | Amelia's Allies's
Welcome to Ruthie Foley'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.
8 Comments
Jim Foley
For two (2) tickets to Fairfax Station Gala!
Rachel Barnes (Wasserman)
This is awesome Ruthie!
Pamela and Glenn Rosenthal
Ruthie- A very admirable and worthwhile cause. All the best. Pamela and Glenn Rosenthal
Patricia Hopkins
One ticket for Fairfax Station gala
Heather Philbin
XOXO - Go Ruthie!
Betsy Bennett
Ruthie- thanks so much for doing this! We need to see the kind of progress in blood cancer research and treatment as we have in breast cancer. From Betsy, a breast cancer survivor and daughter of a great mom who just died from blood cancer.
Nora Foley
Great work @ameliasallies2019!
Mary Manning
Ruthie, This is a cause near to my heart because I lost one of my closest friends (Kelly) to blood cancer. Thank you for your work and for honoring Amelia and the many others who have battled this disease. Love, Aunt Mary