Students of the Year Washington DC
Daisy Bishop | Team Believe in a Cure
Daisy's Students of the Year Fundraiser
Thank you for taking the time to visit my Fundraising Page!
My name is Daisy Bishop and this year I am grateful to serve as a Candidate for the Students of the Year campaign.
Last year, I started working with Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as a Team member and it was one of the greatest experiences I've endured. I learned a lot about fundraising, which I know will help me a great deal this year as well as later on in my life. Being able to be a part of this campaign allows me to become more active in my community and more selfless in my actions. As this campaign is not only an excellent learning experience; it is also the perfect way to truly focus on helping those who are not able to help themselves. Sometimes people think that even though they want to help they don't know what to do to start. Being able to be a part of this Campaign where we help raise funds for a terrible-frightful disease that is affecting millions of people around the world, makes one feel that their actions are important.
This year, I am honored to work for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Students of the Year Campaign again; as a Candidate. Being a part of this campaign is important because my family has experienced deep heartbreak these past couple of years due to loved ones becoming sick from cancer. I feel that by doing my best to earn money for such an upstanding organization, I am doing my part to honor their memory. I don’t want anyone to endure the heartbreak and grief that people go through after experiencing a death in their family because I know how hard it can be. No matter what, I will do my very best this year and raise as much money as possible to bring these incredible people some hope and love.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) 2022 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.
I am raising funds in honor of those who are currently battling or are in remission from blood cancer. The team that raises the most funds at the end of the seven weeks is named Students of the Year. My team, Believe in a Cure’s mission is not to raise the most money but to bring attention to blood cancers like Leukemia, which is the most common form of cancer in children and teens.
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.
My total personal goal is comprised of generous donations from friends and family on facebook, my letters from my website, and corporate sponsorships. i am so grateful for donation that i receive. i look forward to personally thanking each and everyone one of you for making this journey successful!
Please join me 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 do 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 my website often and share with others 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
4 Comments
Lindsey Akridge
Good luck Daisy! The Akridges
The Dean Family
Good luck Daisy
Sheilah Lynch
Good luck meeting your goal, Daisy!
Keaton Spitser
I hope you meet your goal!