My Why: Ida Peterson

Hi everyone, I wanted to share my why in joining the fundraising effort for LLS. 

The daughter of a faculty member at my high school, Ida Peterson, is currently battling Leukemia. I wanted to dedicate my fundraiser in honor of her–she is such a beautiful woman, inside and out. From all the stories I've heard from Mrs.Peterson, I know she is incredibly kind. When she was first diagnosed with cancer and had to remain in the hospital during the time of the coronavirus, she met another patient from China that had no visitors and nothing but the clothes he had on. She gave to him many of the gifts and clothing that her family and friends brought to her and even went out of her way to buy him a pair of Crocs. Even as she was undergoing Leukemia herself, she was already helping out someone else dealing with the same fate. I hope by fundraising in honor of her in LLS, I can also pay it forward.

She is undergoing chemotherapy in a few weeks, and I wish the best for her and her family. With your donation, perhaps cancer may one day be in the past, and beautiful people like Ida and their families will be able to live their lives to the fullest.

Thank you,

Ashley

Ida on the day she got married

Ida 3 weeks ago

Thank you for visiting my fundraising page, welcome!

I encourage you to join me in supporting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) by making a donation to my fundraising campaign. By donating to LLS, you support the many facets of LLS’s mission work from investing in groundbreaking research, providing education and support to patients, and advocating at the state and federal level for legislation to help those living with cancer. My appreciation for your support cannot be overstated — each and every dollar donated to LLS brings us closer to our goal to end blood cancer and makes an impact for cancer patients and their families.

As a global leader in the fight to end cancer, LLS is committed to doing more for blood cancer patients and families than any organization in the world. LLS’s signature fundraising campaigns drive critical support for its mission, including a nearly $1.3 billion investment in cutting edge cancer research worldwide since it was founded in 1949. Since the 1960s, survival rates for many blood cancer patients have doubled, tripled, or even quadrupled.

Every facet of LLS’s mission – research, education and support, and policy and advocacy – work in harmony to put blood cancer patients and their families first. LLS has helped millions impacted by cancer throughout its more than 70-year history, even funding breakthrough blood cancer research to advance lifesaving treatments and cures that is now helping patients with other cancers and diseases. That is why at LLS we say that beating cancer is in our blood.

Please visit my website as often as you can and share it with everyone you know who would also like to join us in the fight against cancer. Together, we have the power, the passion and the resolve to achieve a world without blood cancer. All donations are tax-deductible.

On behalf of cancer patients and their families everywhere, I sincerely thank you for your support!

For more information about LLS, please visit lls.org