When I was first introduced to the Leukemia and Lymphoma society by a friend, I was intrigued because it seemed like a cause I definitely wanted to support. My whole life I've seen loved ones fight against this disease and I know first hand just what it does to not only the patients but the families of those patients as well.

My first close encounter was with Blood Cancer, when a close friend of mine, Olivia, was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in 2018. AML for Olivia appeared out of the blue, it was a cancer that rapidly progressed, and one of the hardest ones to cure. I saw as the bright and radiant Olivia I once knew started being tired all the time, with bruises all over her arms and legs. 6 months after Olivia had achieved remission, a relapse occured, where we sadly lost Olivia to this deadly disease in late 2019. Today, Olivia's legacy lives through her sister Raegan, who is planning on studying oncology, and helping to find a cure for this disease.

Similarly, in the summer of 2019, my grandmother was diagnosed with Liver Cancer. She had always been a strong woman, fighting diabetes for years while still leading our family and never complaining. She had just traveled overseas when she started feeling sick, so she came home to the United States where doctors gave us news of how much the cancer had spread and the infections that were spreading as well. I remember seeing as she grew weaker each day and how she craved all the foods the doctors told her not to eat. If I could go back, I'd definitely give her all her favorite foods one last time. One night I woke up to ambulance sirens out in my driveway and my mom telling me that they had to run to the hospital real quick. That day would be the last time I saw my grandmother, she went into a coma and a few days later, was taken off of life support. 

The fight against cancer is very personal to me and to all those I care about! There are countless families like Olivia's where young children are unexpectedly suffering with cancer, and countless more where strong adults lose their hope in the fight against this disease. My mission is to bring hope to all those families, and to let them know that someone is fighting, and that money is being raised and new research is done every single day! This is why LLS is so important to me, so we can help all those families out there in need of just a little more hope.

Hi everyone! My name is Feeman Annas and 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 campaign goes from January 22nd-March 12th and I hope we can raise as much as we can during this time frame!!
 
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.

Together we can help aid those families who are unexpectedly hit with cancer and help fund the research that aims to cure this disease!
 
We really are getting close to our goal of a world without blood cancers! Let's all support and help!!
 
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