Students of the Year Washington DC
Hannah Weingast | Team Ice Out Cancer
Hannah's Students of the Year Fundraiser
Thank you for visting my fundrasing page!
My name is Hannah, and I am a freshman at Langley High School in McLean, VA. This is my first year participating in the Students of the Year Program, which I was introduced to through my other co-canidate Abby! I am participating for my cousin, Justin who was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Luekemia (ALL) at the age of eight, and after three years of on and off chemo-theropy Justin entered remission. A few months later his cancer returned, Justin fought another long two year battle to remisson, unfortunately followed by another relapse. During his third relapse he received a bone marrow transplant, which successfully led to remission. However, like in the past the cancer came back, it was on Justin's fourth relapse he received new white blood cells from CAR-T in February of 2015, and has been cancer free since April of that same year. All tests since then have come 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
12 Comments
Mary Jane and Kevin Spurlock
Go Hannah ??
Len Forkas
Solid work Hannah
Shawn Weingast
Great Job Hannah
Riley Cutler
Way to go, Hannah!
Alice and Kevin Mahoney
What a great cause and impressed by your hard work and dedication.
The Pence Family
Happy to support such an important cause!
Stephanie Nicolaides
Way to go Hannah!!
Margery Wedderburn
Fantastic Hannah!
Mookie's BBQ
This is the donation from the Mookie's BBQ Fundraiser. Great job Hannah!
The Gordon Family
Great cause - good luck Hannah and team!
Melissa J. Collins
Happy to support you Hannah, and this worthy cause.
Christina Maxwell
You Rick Hannah;)