Hello! My name is Linnea Tamaki and I am one of three co-candidates on this team. I am currently a sophmore in high school, hoping to eventually attend UC Davis for a degree in Veterinary Medicine. I am so proud to be representing Red & Gold For The Bold in Student of the Year 2021!

Like many, many others, my life has been affected by cancer. In first grade, I learned that my kindergarten teacher, Ms. Jones, was diagnosed with breast cancer which she passed from later that year. I remember many of my classmates and I at the funeral. I did not fully understand what happened, all I knew was that my kind, caring teacher, was gone and I would never see her again. Then, a few years later, my 6th grade science teacher, Mrs. Outman, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The entire grade was shocked, but we rallied together in support of her, including making the 6th grade exclusive dance themed around teal, the color for ovarian cancer. Fortunately, she was able to beat it soon after the end of the school year. In September of last year, my younger cousin, Jordan Seto, was diagnosed with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia, a rare and aggressive form of leukemia. The entire family came together (even selling t-shirts) to help support Jordan and his family. He is currently undergoing treatment and was my main inspiration for pursuing this campaign, since he is specifically fighting a blood cancer.  

With that being said, while I have some experience when it comes to how cancer can affect the people around the patient, I can not imagine being close friends and immediate family. I want to do everything I can to help these families and serve my community. 

I appreciate every donation, big or small, that you can give. Especially now, people are struggling to afford the costly bills of treatment and hopefully, with the funds I raise, LLS can continue to work towards a cure.  

Thank you for visiting my fundraising page, welcome!

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.

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.

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