Students of the Year Washington DC
Sophia Poretsky | Team Scream Survivor
Welcome to Sophia Poretsky's SOY Fundraising Page!
Welcome to Sophia Poretsky'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.
16 Comments
Tracy Carcelero
Good Luck Sophia!
Banu Qureshi
Good luck Sophia!
Rachel Sullivan
Thank you for what you are doing!
Katherine Michael
Good luck girl!!
Peter & Mary Ann Michael
Our daughter Katherine is a leukemia survivor
Nicole Crowley
MANY BLESSINGS!
Alisa S. Burgess, Ph.D.
To Beautiful Sophia, from Alisa and Hal
Bob and Debra Ekman
Great job, Sophia!
The Metro Family
Cancer has taken far too many from us and it’s time we best this thing!
Danielle Roffman
Sophia, thanks for being a leader in the fight against cancer!
James Fabiszewski
Thank you for your commitment to a wonderful cause.
Margaret C McCulla
Sophia, thank you for doing this. The LLS is a great organization and has helped many of our friends. You go, girl! Margaret McCulla and Duran Field.
Dalbert Ginsberg
What a great cause. I am glad to support this vital cause and the work of the Poretsky family.
Michael
Sophia - Thanks for all your efforts. Michael Falla
arthur dubin
Thank you for supporting this noble cause. It has impacted me personally so I am hoping your effort puts us all in a better place to find a cure soon.
Rebecca Turett
You all rock! Good luck and it is such an important cause!