Students of the Year Washington DC

Michaela O'Connor | Team Gators Beat Blood Cancer

Michaela's Students of the Year Fundraiser

Jan 21, 2021

Dear Friends and Family,

Thank you for visiting my fundraising page!  

My name is Michaela O'Connor and I am a junior at Stone Ridge of the Sacred Heart. I am super excited to share with you that I am participating in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society students of the year campaign as a member of the Gators Beat Blood Cancer team.  The campaign starts on January 23rd and ends on March 13th. This seven-week campaign is a fundraising competition between teams from across the D.C. Metro area. We are each inspired by 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 honored to work alongside my team members and I hope you will join me in the fight against blood cancers. 

I am raising funds in memory of my grandparents, Geraldine and Thomas O'Connor, who passed away from lung and liver cancer respectively before I had the chance to meet them. Even though they did not have leukemia or lymphoma, I understand the importance of funding the research that the LLS helps support. Since 2017, the FDA has approved a remarkable 53 therapies just to treat patients with blood cancers, and LLS has helped advance 46 of these treatments. LLS has made $1.3 billion in investments in cutting edge cancer research worldwide since it was founded in 1949. The survival rates for many blood cancer patients have doubled, tripled, or even quadrupled over the last 80 years. Every dollar counts in helping continue to further these treatments and help all those who have been impacted by cancer. 

The pandemic has dramatically impacted the lives of cancer patients and their families. Their daily lives and routines have been completely flipped upside down due to COVID-19. As we are most likely tired of hearing how difficult the past year was, we have the unique opportunity to bring joy to the families who have been impacted by cancer and COVID-19 this year. Any donation counts no matter how big or how small. 

I hope you will join me and my Gators Beat Blood Cancer teammates in the fight against blood cancer! Thank you so much for taking the time to learn more about my campaign! Make sure to follow the team @gatorsbeatbloodcancer on Instagram and Facebook and feel free to share this information with any friends and family who would be willing to help work towards the cure of cancer! Thanks again! 

Best, 

Michaela O'Connor 

 

75 Comments

  • Julie & Emily Donatelli

    Good luck & enjoy the challenge for a wonderful cause!

  • Carrie and John Hitt

    Good luck with your goal!

  • The Strong Family

    Thank you Michaela and the Gators Beat Blood Cancer team!

  • Colleen Fisher

    Love that you are doing this great work! Good luck! The Fisher Family

  • Hong Family

    Dear Michaela, Thank you so much for raising money for such a worthy cause! All the best! The Hongs

  • Duane & Caroline Duncan

    Duane and Caroline Duncan

  • Simone Ross

    Michaela, thanks for your efforts on behalf of such an important cause!

  • The Raff Family

    We have been Gatored!! :) Go Gators Beat Blood Cancer Team!!!

  • The Kramers

    Go Michaela!!

  • Aguiar Family

    Great job Michela!

  • Amy Buckley

    Well done, Michaela!

  • Kurt Welch

    Great Cause!!😇

  • The Morrissey Family

    This is such a great cause. Good luck with your fundraising efforts!

  • Lilly Aquino

    Good luck with the rest of your campaign! Go Michaela! Go Gators!

  • The Sharma Family

    Good luck Michaela!

  • The Brewer Family

    Go GBBC!

  • Yolanda Rodríguez

    Thank you Michaela for working for a good cause

  • The Keegan Family

    Best of luck Michaela and the Gators Beat Blood Cancer team!

  • Mona Patel

    Michaela, what a great cause. Good luck reaching your goal!

  • Hsu Family

    Good luck!

  • The Schropp Family

    Thanks for the reminder Michaela! Go GATORS !!!!!!

  • Virginia Moore

    Thank you Michaela! Annie Moore

  • Mary Ward

    Good luck Michaela! Xoxo The Ward family

  • Park Hodgdon Family

    Great to see engaged fundraising for an important cause!

  • Kim& Olivia

    Go Michaela! I will get this matched.

  • Suzette O'Connor

    NO TAX LTR-DAF

  • The May family

    Good job!

  • The Sullivan Family

    Good Luck Michaela!

  • John and Juliann OConnor

    Good luck, Michaela

  • The Thompson Family

    Keep up the great work, Michaela!

  • Maura and Bob Lannan and family

    Good luck, Michaela!

  • Isabel Scharmer

    Nice job, Michaela!

  • ARIS & MARIANNE MARDIROSSIAN

    Good luck, this is a great cause

  • The Bellaman family

    Good luck! Great cause!

  • Tracy Brew

    Thank you Michaela for raising money for this cause.

  • Michele Anderson

    Good luck Michaela! Thank you for keeping us updated on your campaign.

  • Meghan and Eddie Quinn

    Go Gators! Go Eagles! Go Michaela!

  • Matthew & Suzette O'Connor

    NO TAX LTR-DAF

  • The Caudron Family

    Great job!

  • Molina Family

    Good luck reaching your goal! xo The Molinas

  • Maggie & Tom O'Connor

    Michaela, thanks for your efforts, supporting this hugely important cause. These cancers affect people of all ages, and with varying degrees of severity, but many times they are fatal.

  • Lisa Anzelone

    Good luck Michaela! Xoxo the Anzelone’s

  • The Kenny Family

    Wonderful teamwork on this very important cause!!!

  • Josh Thayer

    Great cause. Eunha lost her dad to lymphoma last year.

  • Amanda Herndon

    Great work Michaela! xoxo

  • Daphne Keshishian

    Great work!

  • Ronis Family

    Great cause!

  • The Porto Family

    Good luck in reaching your goal!

  • Laura and Chachi Rodriguez

    Great Job Michaela!! Love you!

  • Dave and Tina Burns

    Good Luck Michaela!

  • The Webb Family

    Good luck Michaela! Keep up the great work! Love- The Webbs

  • Joy J Dorsey

    Dear Michaela O’Connor, I wish you great success in your fundraiser campaign. You are an amazing young lady to take up this challenge. Here's to our Stone Ridge Community, "Gators Beat Blood Cancer" success. (Dakota '23).

  • The Stuart & Laura Plank Family

    Way to go!

  • The Dolan Family

    Good luck with your efforts!

  • The Finnells

    Great work, Michaela!

  • Camila Souza-Pu

    I hope this tiny contribution helps you move a mountain.

  • Catherine J Young

    Good luck!

  • mary kay seguin

    Thank you Michaela for all your efforts on behalf of others!

  • Michael Labson

    Good luck!

  • Montemarano family

    keep up the good work, Michaela!

  • Amiyah Turner

    Good luck and wishing you the best on meeting your goal -Amiyah and family

  • Amanda Kramer

    Terrific cause! My brother has been in remission from Hodgkins for years now and survived a rapid relapse only because of clinical trials like those supported by LLS. Keep up the great work, Michaela!

  • Ann and Chris Raffo

    Beat Blood Cancer!!! Go Michaela!!!

  • The Murphy Family

    Way to go Michaela!

  • Kristen Ondeck

    Such a great cause, Michaela! Good luck reaching your goal!!

  • christine wojnar

    Thank you Michaela! Love you-Chrissey and Steve

  • Evangeline Rowan and Family

    Best of luck Michaela and the Gators Beat Blood Cancer team from Evangeline Rowan and Family!

  • The Smith Family

    Great cause!

  • Carolina Owen

    Great initiative, Michaela!

  • Caroline Horrigan

    Way to go Michaela! You are making a big difference in so many lives

  • Joanne and Mark Guerrera

    So proud of you Michaela! Love, the Guerrera Family

  • Elsa Keshishi

    Supporting Michaela O'Conner and the team, Gators Beat Blood Cancer, for their great efforts to beat this disease.

  • Judy and Andy Emerson

    Best of luck Michaela!

  • Christine Green

    Celebrating your outstanding work, Michaela! CG

  • Brooks Family

    Way to go Michaela ! Go Gators

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