It was so early in the morning, but once I started selling for Howard Empowered I woke up!

The need is critical:

More than 1.2million people in North America are living with, or are in remission from, leukemia, Hodgkin’s disease, myeloma and myelodysplastic syndromes. Approximately every three minutes, someone is diagnosed with blood cancer. Approximately every 10 minutes, someone dies. Thanks to research, survival rates for patients with many blood cancers have doubled, tripled and even quadrupled since the early 1960s. Despite these advances, about one third of patients with a blood cancer still do not survive even five years after their diagnosis, which is why more funding is needed to bring better therapies to patients, and faster.

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Here is my Instagram icon that my mom designed. 

I have been fortunate to work with a fantastic filmmaker named Melissa Soltis. Together we have put together a little film to help my campaign. The words I am speaking are taken from my father's memorial. I am super excited by how she captured all of these images and spoken word on film! Thank you, Melissa!

I am honored to work as a team member in the 2018 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 a young patient hero who is currently battling or is in remission from a blood cancer. Each dollar is a vote. The candidate team who 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.

Please visit our website often and bring friends who would also like to donate!

On behalf of blood cancer patients everywhere I thank you for your support!

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