Students of the Year New York City
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Welcome to Cancer Fighting Crabs' SOY Fundraising Page!
We are honored to participate in the 2019 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. We are proud to be 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(s) 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.
3 Comments
Joann Mui
Thank you for letting us know about this organization.
Ellen Siegel
It is an honor to teach students who are so committed to make positive change in the world. Blood cancers impact all of us by robbing families, friends, communities of vital members. If we can follow the lead of these young women, we can all work to improve outcomes for cancer patients and their loved ones. The money I am donating was a birthday gift from my father, who has always generously supported causes he believed in with his time and his donations. I know this will make him proud.
Michael Hartig
My family was greatly impacted by cancer, and my sister-in-law has dedicated her life to battling cancer & research as a medical oncologist.