I am honored to participate as a team member for the 2020 Students of the Year program, 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.  I am raising critical dollars in honor of Caysen Courtright, age 3 who was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.  Casysen is being treated with drugs created for adutls.  Each dollar is a vote and can help create new treatments for children like Caysen.  Hopefully we can help create new treatments just for children so they they don't need to fear the possible side affects from audlt treatments.  The candidate team that raises the most money at the end of the seven weeks is named Student of the Year. Our 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.

Please visit our website often watch us reach our goal.  And please share this fundraiser on social media with your friends and family to hlep get the word out!  Even if you can't donate you can help by sharing this funraiser.

On behalf of Caysen and blood cancer patients everywhere, thank you for your support!

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