Welcome to my fundraising page!

Hi! I'm Christina May and I am currently a junior at Walter Johnson High Scool in Bethesda, MD. I've been familiar with The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) for years since my older sisters both led fundraising teams, and I am so excited to represent my team this year, "Believe in a Cure"! I admire the impact my two sisters had on others throughout their experiences tremendously, and I cannot wait to take on a bigger role as an official team member this year (my volunteer history with my sisters was not technically "official")!  I am grateful for this upcoming experience and ecstatic to share the mission of LLS with those around me. 

I am honored to participate as a team member for the 2020 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 support my candidates, Caroline Worch, Isabelle Weeda, and Libby Bishop, and I am raising critical dollars in honor of Vishav Chopra, a young patient hero who is currently 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 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.

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

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

Here are some pictures of my family and I (oldest Maggie on the left and Katie on the right), one of me in Edinburgh, Scotland, and one with my fellow teammates and candidates from Beleive in a Cure!