National Capital Area Students of the Year
Grace Duke | Cubs for a Cure
Welcome to Grace Duke's SOY Fundraising Page!
Cubs for a Cure Team:
Grace Duke (Candidate)
Caroline Wong (Candidate)
Kara Greene (Candidate)
Welcome To My Fundraising Page!
My name is Grace Duke and I am honored to have been accepted as a candidate in the 2018 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 raising funds that are critical in helping many who face the difficult battle with cancer and in honor of a young patient hero who is currently battling or is in remission from a blood cancer. Each dollar is a vote. The candidate team who raises the most money at the end of the seven weeks is named Student of the Year. My 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!
Kara, Caroline and I are so honored and excited to be a part of the Students of the Year Campaign. Cancers have had prominent effects in our communities and we want to help improve the futures for those diagnosed. Cubs for a Cure hopes to spread awareness of the amazing work LLS does, as well as supporting their cause as much as we can!
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.
Please visit our website often and bring friends who would also like to donate!
On behalf of blood cancer patients everywhere I thank you for your support!
For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org
19 Comments
Erin Duke
Good luck Grace! What an amazing cause to stand up and fight for. So proud of you!
Eileen Duke
Thank you for you great example of how to LOVE and LIVE!
STEPHANIE GEARY
GOOD LUCK GRACE!!! GREAT CAUSE!!
Mary Eileen Morrissey
This donation is in memory of my dad who died suddenly of AML a few years ago. Let's hope a cure is found soon!
The Shue Family
What a great cause, Grace!!!
Joe Alvarez
Great Cause Grace! Good Luck, Joe Alvarez
Finlay Family
Awesome, Grace! Good Luck!
Julie Jordan & Jim Cummings
Good luck Grace!, The Jordan/Cummings Family.
lisa hotchkiss
Good Luck Grace!
Anonymous
Way to go ladies!
Paul Ritsema
Well done, Grace.
The Krivda Family
Good Luck, Grace! Great cause - thanks for taking this on!
Peggy Judge Hamilton
Keep up the great work, Cubs! My husband is raising money now to compete in the LLS 100-mile bike ride around Lake Tahoe this June or I'd give you more! You know how close this cause is to my heart. Thanks for all of your efforts!
Lindsay Ellenbogen
Go Grace! Happy tohelp a neighbor fight against LLS!
Mark LaRow
Thanks for doing this!
The Burke Family
Thanks Grace for your hard work
Matt Carpenter
In support of Grace Duke and her fellow students as they continue the good fight! The Audi of America team is behind you!
Anonymous
Good luck! Great cause!
Ingrassia Family
Best of luck to the Cubs for a Cure!