Hello! 

I am honored to participate as a Candidate for the 2020 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 leading a team of 25 other students in an effort to raise at least $50,000 from January 23 to March 12! With the help of our wonderful community, family, and friends, I hope to achieve this goal. Every donation will go directly to LLS in support of its longstanding mission to find a cure for blood cancers and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. 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!

I have personally been affected by cancer. As many of you know, I lost my grandfather to a short battle with a very aggressive, rare cancer just over a year ago. Also, my middle name is Ann, which is in honor of my great aunt who died from leukemia shortly before I was born. It seems that so many people have a connection to these horrible diseases, and this campaign will go towards funding research and helping patients.

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.

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

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