Student Visionaries of the Year Northern Virginia

Sophie Webb | Team Captains for a Cure

Sophie's Student Visionaries of the Year Northern Virginia Fundraiser

Jan 03, 2023

I want my generation to be the generation that ends cancer because it has caused suffering for long enough. I want it to be the time when that suffering ends and the ones who have been diagnosed can go back to the comfort of being their true selves because they deserve the chance to live out their full life and do what their heart wants.

 

 

 

This man in the picture above is my Honored Hero. His name is David Webb but to me, he's "Grandpa Dave". He sadly passed away in 2019 having fought a long battle with Leukemia. He is a big part of my "why" as to why I signed up to save lives with LLS. He will be honored in loving memory through this campaign and always. 

 

Visionaries look to the future—and see infinite possibility.
They challenge the status quo—and make the impossible possible.
They boldly imagine a better world – and lead the charge to create it.

 

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society was built on that same vision - of a better world - one without blood cancers.

 

I am a visionary; I have a vision for a world without cancer, but I need your help.

 

This year, I’m proud to be a part of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Student Visionaries of the Year Campaign, working to raise as much as possible for LLS’s mission.

 

As a global leader in the fight against blood cancer, LLS:

  • Funds cutting-edge research leading to breakthroughs in immunotherapy, genomics and personalized medicine that are improving and saving the lives of patients
  • Provides free education and support for blood cancer patients and families, including personalized, one-on-one support, assistance with identifying and enrolling in clinical trials, and more.
  • Mobilizes thousands of advocates to drive policy changes that accelerate the development of new cancer treatments and break down barriers to care.

Please consider joining this fight by making a donation. All donations are greatly appreciated and tax-deductible. Please visit my website often and tell friends who would also like to donate!

 

Thanks to your support, my efforts will help ensure this generation is the last to see cancer.

On behalf of blood cancer patients everywhere, thank you!

 

For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org.

 

 

44 Comments

  • Mom & Dad

    We’re so proud of you, kiddo! ??

  • Carol Wenberg

    Good Luck, Sophie! I know you will make it to your goal!

  • Jennifer Hitchcock

    Good Luck, Sophie! Love, Jenn

  • The Kaywork Family

    Happy to support you!

  • Allan Webb

    Thank you,Sophie, for doing this in honor of your “Grandpa Dave” 💖 Love, Aunt Marty & Uncle Al

  • Ro Dhanda

    Sophie, good for you. What a wonderful cause. Ro Dhanda

  • Damon Boehmer

    You guys are doing a great thing here!

  • Catherine and William Hitchcock

    We’re so proud of you, Sophie! Good luck, and thank you for your leadership and compassion. Grandma and Pampa

  • Tom and Linda Webb

    Hope you reach your goal Sophie! Uncle Tom and Aunt Linda

  • DALE BASHAM

    I WAS A CLASSMATE OF DAVID IN CLASS 65C USAF PILOT TRAINING. HE WAS A MOST OUTSTANDING PERSON IN EVERY WAY

  • Joyce And Danny Hurd

    Sophie, you being part of this important cause makes us proud! Love, Gram and Grandpa Danny

  • BILL KELLY

    In Honor of Captain Dave - I value our time spent in Philadelphia and my visit with you on the Shenandoah in France. Sophie - what a great way to keep Grandpa Dave alive in our hearts

  • Carolyn G Potts

    Great project. I’m proud you’re taking this opportunity to help others. Aunt Carolyn

  • David Flynn

    As a member of Dave’s Pilot Training Class 65C, I wish to contribute to Sophie’s grandfathers memory and help her reach a goal of a cure for leukemia cancers.

  • Vance AFB 65 C

    Pilot Training Class, Vance AFB 65 C, wishes to remember Dave Webb, so from all the class. May Sophie make her dream and honor her granddad, by living to see the cure for blood cancers. Sophie way to go in honoring granddad.

  • Tom Kenville

    Dave Webb USAF UPT class 65-C

  • Mike Lanning

    Classmate,65-C USAF pilot training class

  • Robert Spangler

    Vance AFB, Class 65C!

  • Vance Bauer

    I was in Dave's USAF pilot training class at Vance AFB, Enid OK. Dave was a great man!

  • Richard Gooch

    Dave was a man to emulate. 65-C should start a lymphoma study group. I was diagnosed in 2009.

  • Anonymous

    Proud of you Sophie

  • Larry Hornbeek

    As a member of Dave Webb’s USAF Pilot Training Class 65C, would like to donate to this very worthwhile cause in Dave’s memory.

  • JOHN BURNS

    CLASS 65C BROTHER JFB

  • Julie Webb

    Sophie, Grandpa Dave would be so proud of you for doing this and for the woman you are becoming.

  • O. L. Bell

    Dave was a caring soul. Fun in pilot training and as a fellow American pilot.

  • The Perez Family

    Good work, Sohpie!

  • Jim Folsom

    Flew with Dave, Vance 65C

  • Keefer Family

    Happy to support!

  • Farhat Family

    Sophie, Good Luck in meeting your GOAL! I'm sure your grandpa would be very proud of you! The Farhat Family

  • Turf Timmons

    Good to see the future OFP’s stepping up!

  • Courtney Gatlin

    Way to go Sophie

  • Kipp & Jennifer Dowdy

    So proud of you Sophie!

  • Joe

    hope you exceed your goal. Good luck. Joe V.

  • Brian Yunes

    Dave Webb, Thank you for your service. What a great project!

  • SixFour3

    We are proud to support this great cause! We are proud of you Sophie!

  • Brian Vanderhoof

    Best of luck Sophie

  • Ed Kirkpatrick

    I’m a 65C Pilot Training classmate of Dave Webb , both serving in Vietnam. I knew him affectionately as “Baby Huey” one of the largest in stature and loyalty of any individual I’ve known in combat and socially while sailing with Dave an Sophie on Lake Michigan. I miss Dave and like most fighter pilots, look forward to that next reunion God willing and, my love an best wishes to Sophie…

  • Florence Seger

    Sophie, thank you for your hard work. Grandpa would be so proud.

  • Jennifer Keating

    Thank you for taking on this challenge! Good luck!

  • Paula Herm

    Go Sophie and team!

  • Sean Sullivan

    Super proud of you Sophie! Love Uncle Pepper, Aunt Honey, Kaylee and Avery

  • Walter Hasser

    Great Job Sophie, thank you for your efforts on this great cause.

  • Shannon dePrado

    What a wonderful project! We hope you meet your goal!

  • Dawn Hall

    Thank you Sophia for work and effort to put an end to blood cancers.

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