Thanks for coming to support our team as we race to raise money for the LLS, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Raza Adhami and Trevor Tiemeyer are St. Xavier High School students looking to make a difference in the world. We joined this movement because of our connection to the cancers. Both of us have been close friends with fellow students who either had the diseases or had family members who have been affected by blood cancers. In our case, we were both friends with a Mason Middle School Student named Maya Collins. For Trevor, she was in several of his classes and was a good friend of her's before she suddenly went to Nashville for emergency treatment. The treatment was unfortunately not enough to save her. Because of our relationship with amazing people like Maya, we know how impactful the work that LLS can be. We hope to be a part of the great work that LLS is doing. 

We are continuing to build our team. Currently, our team members are:

Miles Tiemeyer

Jennie Tiemeyer

Matt Tiemeyer

Linda Gloeckler

Chris Wimmers

Faisal Adhami

Kashifa Adhami

Mehreen Adhami

Sabohi Adhami

Waseem Adhami

Penny Talmage

If you are interested in supporting our team, donations begin January 10th. Until then, please be sure to follow on Twitter at @BaltoLLS

Thanks for supporting our cause. 

Team Balto 

I am honored to participate in 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 proud to be 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 that raises the most money at the end of the seven weeks is named Student(s) 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.

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, thank you for your support!

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