Students of the Year Washington DC

William Helmig | Team Crushing Cancer

Welcome to Billy Helmig's SOY Fundraising Page!

Jan 15, 2020

Welcome To My Fundraising Page!

I am honored to be participating in The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) 2020 Students of the Year (SOY) campaign, a seven-week initiative in which high school students from around the country are nominated to participate in a fundraising competition to benefit LLS’s mission: to find a cure for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, and myeloma, and to improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

I am raising funds in honor of those who are currently battling or are in remission from blood cancer. Each dollar is a vote and the team that raises the most money at the end of the seven weeks is named Students of the Year. As a team, 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. 

One of my loved ones has battled cancer and beat it. Through her battle, all donations to her and all motivation she received deeply helped her succeed with her fight. So please donate and know that if you do it will deeply help the LLS foundation.

We are changing the face of blood cancer! Will you join us?!

Because of campaigns like Students of the Year, LLS has seen tremendous success discovering new and more effective treatments for blood cancer patients and has created a new exciting initiative focusing on treatments for pediatric patients.

  • LLS funded 43 of the 49 FDA approved treatments for blood cancer patients since 2017
  • Since 2000, more than 40% of the new cancer therapies approved by the FDA started as blood cancer research
  • In 2019, LLS established The LLS Children’s Initiative, a comprehensive $50 MILLION multi-year endeavor, to help children with cancer through every facet of LLS’s mission:
    • More than doubling our investment in pediatric cancer research grants
    • Expanding education and support service for children and their families
    • Advocating for and driving policies to accelerate the development of new treatments and break down barriers to care
    • Launching LLS PedAL (Pediatric Acute Leukemia), a groundbreaking global precision medicine clinical trial in acute pediatric leukemia

And many LLS supported therapies not only help blood cancer patients but are now used to treat patients with rare forms of stomach and skin cancers. They're even being tested in clinical trials for patients with a range of cancers including lung, brain, breast, pancreatic and prostate cancers. LLS funded drugs are now being tested for patients with other non-cancerous diseases like Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Multiple Sclerosis.

Please join me in supporting my campaign and LLS by making a donation to my fundraising campaign. Thanks to your support, my efforts, will help fund the therapies and treatments and help save lives today.

LLS's continued advancements over the years, are responsible for the blood cancer survival rate doubling and tripling; in some cases, the survival rate has even quadrupled.

All donations are greatly appreciated and are tax deductible. With your donation, you’re not only support LLS research but patient services, advocacy, public and professional education, and community services as well. Together WE CAN FIND A CURE!

Please, visit my fundraising webpage(s) often and pass along the link to family, friends, neighbors, colleagues, etc. who might donate!  I recognize I need lots of support to reach my fundraising goal!

On behalf of blood cancer patients everywhere I thank you for your support!

For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org

 

 

22 Comments

  • Rachel Sullivan

    Thank you Billy for doing great things!

  • Jonathan & Jill Pearlman

    GOOD JOB BOSS SWAG!

  • Felice Londa

    Billy, What. A wonderful campaign. No matter what, you are our Student of the Year! Love you, aunt Felice and Aunt Stacy

  • Catherine Snyder

    Great job Billy! Great cause that means a lot to our family.

  • BOB HELMIG

    William Helmig | Team Crushing Cancer - I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT YOUR CAUSE to CURE Leukemia & Lymphoma. Graciously - Bob

  • Bellistri Family

    Excited to support this cause!

  • Rachel Sullivan

    Billy, Thank you for helping others!!! The Sullivans

  • Nancy Howar

    On behalf of the Howar Family, we are extremely proud of you and applaud this effort , Love, Aunt Nancy

  • TimothyTrain Landres

    Bubba, I am proud of you and your effort to leave your mark on this insidious disease. Love you, Uncle T

  • Sue-Ann Siegel

    Billy, We are very proud of your efforts to help others ,We love you.

  • Anonymous

    Glad you are doing this Billy. I'm happy to support your cause! - The Ziers

  • Jessica Londa

    Good for you, Billy! Hope you reach your goal!

  • Dana Hirt

    Way to go Billy!

  • Lisa and Brett Carmel

    Keep working hard Billy! We are happy to support you in your fundraising goal!

  • Gail Jacobs

    Great Job! Keep it up!!

  • Margot Platt

    Good luck!

  • Anthony Westreich & Tanya Zuckerbrot

    Dear Billy - sending you tons of love. Happy to always support you Love, Anthony, Tanya, Max, Tobey, Gabriel, Juliette & Olivia.

  • kim nordheimer

    Good job Bubba :), great cause too!! xo

  • Schlesinger Family

    The Aquilino Cancer Center

  • Leslie Westreich

    Go Billy. I am so proud of you and your team’s effort to help LLS. Xo Lelly

  • Alison & Jonathan Levine

    We are so proud of your hard work for this amazing cause!

  • Peter & Claire Londa

    Great effort, Billy.

Contact us by email or call 888.LLS.7177.