Students of the Year Sacramento
Alesha Omar-Sherif | Team Secure the Cure's Campaign Team
Alesha's Students of the Year Fundraiser
Thank you for visiting my fundraising page, welcome!
About Me
Hi, I am Alesha Omar-Sherif! I am a sophomore at Pleasant Grove High school, and I am excited to fundraise for the Leukemia and Lymphoma society alongside my team Secure the Cure, as a co-candidate while supporting blood cancer patients and educating others in the community. Personally, I decided to step up to lead a team because I have lost family members from cancers and want to take any opportunity I can to support patients that are battling cancer. I am hoping that my involvement and hours spent during this campaign will contribute to future advancments in medical technology and the creation of personalized medicine to ensure that cancer patients receive the support they need to live long and healthy lives.
LLS
As a global leader in the fight to end cancer, LLS is committed to doing more for blood cancer patients and families than any organization in the world. LLS’s signature fundraising campaigns drive critical support for its mission, including a nearly $1.3 billion investment in cutting edge cancer research worldwide since it was founded in 1949. Since the 1960s, survival rates for many blood cancer patients have doubled, tripled, or even quadrupled.
Every facet of LLS’s mission – research, education and support, and policy and advocacy – work in harmony to put blood cancer patients and their families first. LLS has helped millions impacted by cancer throughout its more than 70-year history, even funding breakthrough blood cancer research to advance lifesaving treatments and cures that is now helping patients with other cancers and diseases. That is why at LLS we say that beating cancer is in our blood.
Our Team
I am one of the three co-candidate leaders for Team Secure the Cure! Our team is a group of dedicated highschool students from Pleasant Grove and Cosumnes Oaks High School, and as a team we hope to raise $15,000. We are all very excited for the opportunity to fundraise for LLS in honor of our local chapter's Honored Hero Emma!
Our Honored Hero
Meet our Honored Hero! Emma is a 14 year old survivor of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and she is currently a freshman at a Lincoln High School. We are celebrating Emma being 9 years in remission thanks to research funded by LLS! Emma loves gymnastics and her corgi named Gidget. She continues to inspire our team everyday!
I encourage you to join me in supporting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) by making a donation to my fundraising campaign. By donating to LLS, you support the many facets of LLS’s mission work from investing in groundbreaking research, providing education and support to patients, and advocating at the state and federal level for legislation to help those living with cancer. My appreciation for your support cannot be overstated — each and every dollar donated to LLS brings us closer to our goal to end blood cancer and makes an impact for cancer patients and their families.
Please visit my website as often as you can and share it with everyone you know who would also like to join us in the fight against cancer. Together, we have the power, the passion and the resolve to achieve a world without blood cancer. All donations are tax-deductible.
On behalf of cancer patients and their families everywhere, I sincerely thank you for your support!
For more information about LLS, please visit lls.org
11 Comments
Suriani Holmes
Outstanding work Alesha. Keep on fighting the good fight.
Marina Ahmad
Good job volunteering for a good cause
Zairina Othman
Good job Alesha Omar. Go girl!
Karthigeyan Chakaravarty
Proud of you Alesha for making the difference to help raising fund to help those who are in dire need to treat themselves in order to have a chance to live a better life and longer. All the best in winning the Student of the Year but just by doing this you have proven yourself that you are the Student with Heart. Keep up the good work and god bless.
Deirdre Walke
So proud of you, Alesha, and your dedication to raise money and awareness for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! You are an inspiration for so many - me included!
Ibrahim Alatoum
Great work!We appreciate all your hard work and dedication towards a great cause.
Jeff Thomas
Best of Luck Alesha! Jeff & Janet Thomas
Katherine Wade
Thanks for supporting this great cause. Hope one day we can eradicate this desease.
Omar Iqbal
Great job Alesha and team!
Lisseth Villareal
Great Cause. Keep up the great work.
Norizzah
All the best to Alesha and team