Welcome To My Fundraising Page!

Hi! My name is Madeline King and I am so excited to be a part of the 2020 Students of the Year (SOY) campaign. I am a sophomore at National Cathedral School and love to participate in many sports (swimming and diving), the plays and musicals, and participate in clubs. I have two siblings, and my sister, Annie, was previously a candidate for SOY a few years ago.

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 leukaemia, 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. I was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) when I was 8 years old and was in treatment for about 3 years. ALL is one of the most common types of childhood cancer, but even still, the chemo drugs I was given were disappointing. A drug that is supposed to make you healthier shouldn't ever make you sicker. As a cancer survivor, I know firsthand how awful the chemo drugs can be and I admire LLS's commitment to researching new drugs that reduce the awful long term side effects that I still live with. 

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.

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 in 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
• 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 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!

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! Let's make sure no one ever had to go through the same thing I went through!

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

Thank You for your support!

Madeline King