Students of the Year Washington DC
Sara Hayes | Team No Bad Blood
Welcome to Sara Hayes' SOY Fundraising Page!
Friends and family, 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 a 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.
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.
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
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.
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!
With love,
Sara
For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org
25 Comments
Susan Hayes
Thanks for getting involved in such a worthy cause Sara! Kudos to you and your team.
Marjorie Egarian
Sara, Your fundraising project is surely making a difference. Facing cancer is hard enough but those who can't afford treatments are most vulnerable. Good luck reaching your personal and collective goal for this effort. Marjorie
Culwell family
Good luck and I hope you raise lots of $$ for a great cause
Brock Hayes
Thanks for making us aware of a great cause!
Vic and Laura Bergan/Rivera
A great cause and an equally great organization. Thanks for your Service, Sara!
Susan Siemietkowski
Great job, Sara!
The Winters Family
Sara, Great job promoting such a great cause. Keep up the great work! The Winters
David and Mary Beth Mooney
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to support your service to a great cause . Keep up the good work , Sara
Winfield Donoho
I'm happy to donate to this worthy cause. A dear friend of mine suffers from Multiple Myeloma. Best of luck in meeting your goal.
Amy Rivera
Good work Sara! Xxoo
Silvia Holschneider
Great that you are doing this!
Ricardo Torres
Thanks for doing this and reaching out!
Jayne O’Donnell
Happy to do it for you and the cause, Sara!
Anonymous
Fabulous cause and great fund raising Sara !! 💞
Diego Quijada
Great Job Sara!!
Jen and Dave Stricklin
Keep up the good work Sara! Such an important cause!
Hilda Cortes Riv
Mi Linda, Estoy muy orgullosa de que estés involucrada en esta causa tan valiosa. Te quiero mucho, Abuelita,
Ann and Bill McGurn
Thank you Sara for supporting an important cause. You are making a difference - excellent work! Hugs, Ann and Bill McGurn
Scott Keenum
Sara, Proud of you
Mary Catherine Toker
Sara -- all the best to you with your campaign. This is important work.
Cindy Kang
So proud of you for getting involved with such a great cause. Good luck Sara!
Pete Hayes
Go Sara, this is a great cause!
Diane & Bob Sykes
Good luck Sara. Love, Diane and Bob Sykes
Thomas Klatko
Sara, I am very happy to contribute to this most important cause. Congratulations on your involvement and work on this project!
Les & Natalie Abrams
Sara, Thanks for doing this!