Students of the Year Washington DC
Abby Dix | Team Ice Out Cancer
Abby's Students of the Year Fundraiser
Thank you for visiting my fundraising page, welcome!
My name is Abby Dix and I am a sophomore at Ravenscroft School. This is my second year participating in the Students of the Year Program and I am so excited! I will be participating in honor of my Dad. In August of 2019 he was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). After two rounds of chemo, the cancer was still present. He went on to receive a treatment called Blinatumomab. LLS is critical in funding research for new medicines, such as Blinatumomab. My dad was in remission by November 2019 which allowed him to receive a stem cell transplant in December of 2019. Since 2019, all tests have been coming back negative.
I have signed up to save lives with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) and am working to raise as much as possible over the next 7 weeks. Every dollar raised counts as one vote for my campaign. The candidate(s) whose team tallies the most votes earns the prestigious title of Student or Students of the Year. Will you help me earn that title?
As you know, everyone wins when cancer loses. Thanks to your support, my efforts will help fund therapies and treatments that are saving lives. Over the years, support from people like you has been responsible for the blood cancer advancements that have doubled, tripled, and in some cases quadrupled the survival rate for some blood cancers.
Many LLS-supported therapies not only help blood cancer patients but are also now used to treat patients with rare forms of stomach and skin cancers and are in clinical trials for patients with lung, brain, breast, pancreatic and prostate cancers. And LLS-funded drugs like targeted therapies and immunotherapies are now saving thousands of lives every day.
We really are getting close to our goal of a world without blood cancers!
All donations are greatly appreciated and tax-deductible. They'll not only support LLS research, but patient services, advocacy, public and professional education, and community services as well.
Please visit my website often and tell friends who would also like to donate!
On behalf of blood cancer patients everywhere, thank you for your support! For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org
43 Comments
David & Kristen Neuman
So proud of you doing this and of your Dad’s amazing courage!
Jennifer Dix
We are so proud of you Abby!!!
Claudette Kim
Good luck Abby!
The DeLong Family
An admirable undertaking, Abby! Very proud of you.
Tracy Vibert Williams
What a wonderful effort you are leading! Congratulations Abby on being such an outstanding citizen and special young woman.
Dawn & Michael Freeman
Abby, we are so happy that your father is doing well. We also would like to honor our friend Stephen Soltoff who succumbed to leukemia in late 2020 despite receiving great care (in part due to the efforts of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society). Aunt Dawn & Uncle Mike
The Mullery Family
We're so happy to support you and your team, Abby, and this great cause!
Heidi Appel
Thank you Abby for fundraising for this great cause.
Nonna & Gramps
Good job, Abby!!!
Maureen Boyle
Abby, we are so proud of you!!!
James Arrison
In honor of our good friend Josh. We thank Good he is healthy and doing well.
The McKinney-Bellaschi Family
You go, Abby! We are happy to support you and give to such a great cause!
Anthony Moreau
Go Abby
The Holzapfels
Keep up this important work, Abby! You and your family are an inspiration!!
Schone Family
Great job, Abby! And so grateful for your dad's continued good health!
Anthony Kunny
Congratulations on your honor Good luck in all your efforts Mr. Moose
Marie Karl
Abby, I hope your efforts for this good cause are very successful. Thanks.
Kimberlee Overdeck
Hi Abby, it’s so great to see you doing this fundraiser again in honor of the fantastic Josh Dix! I hope you are all well and loving NC! Good luck and say hi to everyone from us! Kim Overdeck and family
Ellen and Phil Dix
Thank you Abby for raising money for this great cause. Grandmom and Grandpop
Edward & Nancy Fitzgerald
Good job Abby! We're so proud of you!
Robert Dean
Nice work Abby. I am sure your Dad is proud of you. My daughter participated in LLS in 2020 and 2021. Great cause!
Warnock Family
Great job Abby!
Deringer Family
Good luck Abby. I hope you meet your fund raising goal.
Jessica Babington
Thank you for supporting a wonderful organization that means a lot to our family, Abby. We are so proud of you!
PJ & Maggie Lechleitner
Abby - Proud of you for continuing to champion this cause and for being the beautiful young woman you are! PJ & Mag
Beth & David Dargatis
We're so proud of you Abby!
Gregory J Thompson
Hi Abby: Keep up the good work. My best to all of you. Greg
Marianne and Larry Moore
Always proud of you! Mr Larry and Ms Marianne
The Strong Family
Abby, thank you for raising money for this important cause!
Thomas Rathburn
Good luck! Hope you are loving NC.
Lona and Philip Livingston
Hooray for Abby for continuing this work. We celebrate her and her father, Josh.
Michelle Kladakis
Thank you for doing this wonderful thing! We need more people like you out there!
geraldine pain
Way to go Abby! Miss you guys~Team Hussein
Anne Simonds
Hi Abby, I think it is so wonderful you are using your voice and energy to bring awareness to this work… and I’m so glad your Dad benefitted from the research that LLS supports! We miss seeing the whole Dix Family! Best wishes, The Simonds Family
Karen and John Owczarski
Thanks Abby!
The McKee Family
Great job, Abby! So happy to support this inportant cause. Love to your family!! The McKee's
Kathy Carvalho
This is a great thing you are doing! Great job Abby!
Eric and Allison Fischer
Thank you Abby! We appreciate everything you are doing to ice out cancer. All the best, Eric and Allison
Martha Blue
Your whole family's strength and courage have been inspiring!
Andrea Dinker
We are so happy to support your fundraising efforts for a great cause!
The GreenBench Companies
Good Luck in your fund raising efforts. Glad to hear that your father is doing well.
Bonnie Myshrall
Thank you! So many developments in modern medicine are thanks to young people like you making a difference!
CBRE Mid Atlantic Multi Housing Group
Josh Dix and His Family