Students of the Year Loudoun County
Grace Machen | Team In It Together
Grace's Students of the Year Fundraiser
Hi I am Grace Machen I am a freshman at Independence High School. I love to play sports like volleyball and soccer. 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?
I have some connections to cancer. My great grandmother had myeloma, myeloma is a type of blood cancer.
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
19 Comments
Amy Beahm
Great job Grace!
Joan MacIsaac
Way to go Grace! So proud of you. Hope to see you soon - Joan, Tom and Ian
Barbara Chambers
So proud you are participating in the 2022 students of the Year program. Your great grandmother and god mother would also be proud!
Chris Kraus
Great Job Grace. We are so proud of you!!!
Scott M.
Great job fund raising!
Opa
Good work, Grace, you make us proud. Opa
Sarah Hinson
Great job Grace!
Peter and Flor McGath
Keep up the great work Grace.
Deborah Laitenberger
I loving memory of my sweetheart Bill, who had MDS. In the hope that research will improve the outlook for others.
Tanya Belda
Thank you, Grace!
Malla Kalva
Thanks for doing this Grace.🙏
Priscilla Ast
Grace, your kind heart is such a gift to this world. You remind us all that every small act of caring combined can make a huge impact.
Johnna Langham
In loving memory of my mother in law who sadly passed away last year after a very long fight with Leukemia! We love and miss her dearly!❤️🦋
Kim Goppert
My husband is a 10+ year survivor of myeloid dysplastic syndrome (MDS) thanks to finding a perfect match in Germany for his bone marrow transplant. Not only are monetary donations needed but also we need to get everyone who is able to join the bone marrow transplant registry. Please consider signing up if you are between the ages of 18 - 35. https://bethematch.org/support-the-cause/donate-bone-marrow/join-the-marrow-registry/
Sue/Barry Silber
Thank you Grace. This is wonderful what you are doing! Love, GG Sue and GG Barry
Michelle Burrell Sherman
Great job, Grace and a great reason to donate!
Joanna Lewis
Thanks for your hard work Grace!!
Reena Bajaj
Good job Grace
Josh & Sheryl Machen
We're proud of you!