Dear Friends and Family,

I have accepted the nomination to be a candidate for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Students of the Year fundraising campaign.  Students of the Year is a philanthropic leadership development program and fundraising competition. I have until March 7th, 2020 to raise as much as I can! With your help, I am hoping to raise $20,000!   The student(s) raising the most funds will be named Student of the Year!

I chose to be a candidate for the Students of the Year fundraising campaign because I want to be able to raise funds that will go to finding cures for cancer. Research developed by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society has developed many treatments that will help those with Leukemia and Lymphoma as well as other different cancers.

I have family members and close family friends who are battling or have battled cancer and I want to be a part of helping them through their journey. My dad is one of them.  He is currently getting immunotherapy for melanoma. The Leukemia and Lymphoma society partially developed treatments like these and my father wouldn't be getting this treatment if it weren't for funding for these breakthrough therapies. 

Please help me save the lives of others.

I have the next 3 weeks to raise as much as I can! You can donate online at https://events.lls.org/nj/trentonsoy20/twalsh or by mailing a check to LLS; 14 Commerce Dr., Ste. 301; Cranford, NJ 07016.  Please make your check payable to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society or LLS, and include my name in the memo line.

Please support my efforts to help LLS in its efforts to find a cure for blood cancers and to assist patients and families as they battle these diseases.

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 proud to support my candidate and am raising critical dollars in honor of a young patient hero who is currently battling or is in remission from a blood cancer. 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. 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 and bring 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.