Panthers Against Cancer is an extraordinary chapter of Student of the Year teams. Our legacy consists of smart and talented young women from Holton-Arms who are committed to the cause. Panthers Against Cancer started with Cori Amsellem, Virginia Asher, and Ella Glassman in the 2018 Students of the Year campaign. Cori, Virginia, and Ella, who just graduated from Holton this past year, raised over $222,000 with their dedicated team. Mina Garavi and Sofia Fernandez continued the legacy after being team members. They were candidates for their team, Panthers Against Cancer 2.0, in the 2019 Students of the Year Campaign. That year we raised over $173,000. Maryam Garavi and Jules Freeman are candidates this year for the team Panthers Against Cancer 3.0. They were both team members on the team Panthers Against Cancer 2.0 and are beyond excited to continue the legacy of Panthers. Maryam and Jules hope to break the record of $222,000 for Panthers Against Cancer. They are eager to work with the team they put together; Sumner Bradley, Daniella Nichols, Ava Curley, Ella Banks, Natalie Kempf, and Chloe Dionisio. This group of sophomores and juniors from Holton-arms would like to thank you for your support!

Let's put an end to Cancer!

- Panthers Against Cancer 3.0

*Select the student you are supporting*

Jules Freeman (Candidate)

Maryam Garavi (Candidate)

Ella Banks

Sumner Bradley

Ava Curley

Chloe Dionisio

Daniella Nichols

Natalie Kempf

Welcome To Our Fundraising Page!

We are 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.

We are 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.

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 us 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 our fundraising webpages often and pass along the link to family, friends, neighbors, colleagues, etc. who might donate!  We recognize we need lots of support to reach our fundraising goal!

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

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