Me and my fellow candidates Tahmid Ullah and Mohammad Ullah

Meeting LLS' 2019 Honored Hero Meghan Kilner. She was one of the first children to receive a new type of cancer treatment. With the help of that treatment, her life was saved, and she has been in remission for a year! The money donated from these fundraisers go towards cancer research and making new treatments. By donating you can help save many lives.

I am a sophomore from Dominion HIghschool. My uncle Dr. Muzzammel passed away from Acute Myeloid Leukemia in 2011. He was an amazing person and strived to help everyone he possibly could. In 2013, my cousin Roxana Muzzammel won First Runner-up Woman of the Year. She raised a total of 96,000 dollars for cancer research and was able to fund a research grant in the name of Dr. Muzzammel. My cousin introduced me to the Leukemia Lymphoma Society and I am participating for my uncle, my family friends, the children who have struggled with leukemia, and everyone who has lost a loved one to cancer. 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 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. My goal for this campaign is to fund a research grant in the name of Dr. Muzzammel.

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.