I am so honored to participate in the students of the year program which is a seven-week initiative in which select high school students from around the country participate in a fundraising competition to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Each dollar is a vote. The candidate team that raises the most money at the end of the seven weeks is named Student of the Year.My mission is to not only raise the most money but also to bring attention to blood cancers like leukemia, which is the most common form of cancer in children and teens.

Since the early 1960s, five-year survival rates for many blood cancer patients have doubled, tripled or even quadrupled. And many LLS supported therapies not only help blood cancer patients but are helping patients with other cancers and serious diseases. In fact, drugs first approved for blood cancers are now approved to treat patients with stomach cancers, skin cancers, and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis.

We really are changing the face of blood cancer!

All donations are greatly appreciated and are tax deductible. They'll not only support LLS-funded research but will help provide critical information and support for patients, and support advocacy for laws to ensure patients can access the care and treatments they need.

Not only is this campaign a great way to support LLS and save lives it is an opportunity for me to grow and make a long lasting impact on everyone around me thankyou for your generosity and support. Your donations mean so much to me and most of all, to the patients ,survivors and families who are anxiously awaiting a cure.My hope is to create that moment for each patient in which God's prescence is expperienced and magic happens where they can feel God's grace and strength.

If you know of ayone who would like to donate send them this link, every penny counts!

On behalf of blood cancer patients everywhere, thank you for your support! For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org.