Students of the Year Washington DC
William Helmig | Team Crushing Cancer
Welcome to Billy Helmig's SOY Fundraising Page!
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.