Students of the Year Columbia
Sandra Elliott Johnson | Team Miracle Makers
Welcome to Sandra Elliott Johnson's SOY Fundraising Page!
I am honored to participate as a team member for 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. I am excited to raise money to help young patients who are currently battling or are in remission from a blood cancer. Each dollar that you donate 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.
My dad, Ellis Johnson, is a survivor of Hodgkin's disease. He was diagnosed in August of 1993 while coaching football at Alabama. In December, my dad moved to Clemson and continued his treatments. That same month he completed his final chemo therapy and in March 1994 he completed his final radiation. Since then my dad has been cancer free and went on coaching and started a family. If he wouldn't have overcome his cancer, then my brothers and I would not be standing here today.
This organization is 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.
Thank you for your support!
For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org.
23 Comments
Laurens Johnson
I am proud of your efforts in this great cause! People before us enabled the research that helped me when I had lymph cancer years ago! Good luck “S E”!!:) Love Dad❤️
Jennifer Wilson
Way to go Sandra!
Anonymous
Continue to set your goals high!!!
Anna Courie
Way to go SeSe!
Margaret Dannelly
Good Luck for a Good Cause!
Kim Hudson
Great job, Sandra Elliott. I'm so proud to support your efforts!
Sara Frances
Love you sissy ??
Dr. Adam Hahn
It has been a pleasure to know you and watch you grow up Sandra Elliott. I didn't know the history of your fathers battle with cancer and am glad he is a survivor. Best wishes to you and your family. I hope you beat your goals!
Julie Allen
Great job, Sandra Elliott!
Sloan Stewart
Hope you reach your goal, Sandra Elliot!!!
Kerrie Copeland
Best of luck with your campaign/fundraiser. I’m happy to help!
George Lippard
Appreciate what you are doing Sandra-Elliott. I did not realize you had moved back into KG until I got your letter and messaged your wonderful Grandmother.
Jones Family
Great work and God Bless!
Neke Craig
Be the change! ❤️
Cameron Shealy
Good luck on your campaign! From Cam, Danielle & Harper Shealy
Laurie Merch
My Father, Bill Noonan, also a football coach, lost his battle to Lymphoma in April 2016.
Tara P Hutton
Happy to support this cause! Best wishes for hitting your goal SE!
OLIVER JOHNSON
Pulling for You, Sandra Elliott! We are very proud of You. Love/Blessings, Bubba EJ Joy Sara Ella Johnson
Mary Anne Jones
My niece, Katelyn Smith, who is a Leukemia survivor!
Marisa Williams
Good Luck SE!
Karen Doyle
Your doing a beautiful thing! Keep up the good work!
Mary Lois Brady
So proud of you Sandra Elliott!
Brian P. Smith
My mother in law Linda Gamble