Students of the Year Grand Finale Gala 2019

My name is Ellie Huppe and I am currently in 11th grade at The Potomac School, and I am fundraising for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Students of the Year Campaign. This is my second year participating in the Students of the Year campaign. Last year, I was a team member on team Knockout Blood Cancer. This year, I am leading Knockout Blood Cancer with my co-candidates Haley Smith and Anna Hemmer. I am so honored to be participating in this amazing campaign again and to have the opportunity to help beat cancer.

Cancer affects the lives of all of us in some way. For me, I have had friends and family members who have had Leukemia, Lymphoma, or other types of cancer. This includes my cousin, who is a Hodgkin's Lymphoma survivor. Because of this, I wanted to participate in this campaign to do my part in helping to cure cancer. 

Please join me by supporting my campaign and LLS by making a donation. Every dollar counts! Thank you in advance for your support in helping us make a difference in the lives of blood cancer patients. Please pass along the link to my fundraising page to family, friends, neighbors, colleagues, etc. who might like to donate! 

The Students of the Year campaign is a seven-week initiative for high school students to participate on teams in a fundraising competition for 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. The team that collectively raises the most money wins the title of Students of the Year.

LLS has already seen tremendous success in discovering new and more effective treatments for blood cancer patients and has even created a new exciting initiative focusing on treatments for pediatric patients.

Some of LLS's successes include: 

• 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
• 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 

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

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