Students of the Year Silicon Valley
Romita Pakrasi | Team weSEARCH
Welcome to Romita Pakrasi's SOY Fundraising Page!
It has been an amazing adventure and wonderful campaign with my co-candidate, Alexandra. I would like to thank everyone for all their help! But our journey is not over yet. Although the Students of the Year campaign is over, the fundraising page is still open! So, I encourage you to donate and spread the word, so we can help find the cure to blood cancer.
Chipotle Fundraiser!
Hi Everyone! We are very excited to announce that Team weSEARCH is holding a fundraiser in collaboration with Chipotle. On February 10th from 4-8 p.m., show this flyer to the cashier at the 2990 East Capitol Expressway Suite 40 location or mention that you are there for the fundraiser, and 33% of your meal will go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. We hope to see you there!
SOY Kickoff 2019!
Happy SOY Kickoff 2019! I am so proud and beyond estatic to say we achieved Hall of Fame! It was an amazing way to start off this seven-week campaign. Thank you to everyone for you support! I could not do this without you.
Welcome to Romita Pakrasi's SOY Fundraising Page!
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!
The LLS Student of the Year Campaign is a great way to help solve one of the many problems we face today. I personally joined this campaign because I know how harmful blood cancers are and the effect they have on so many people. This campaign gives me, as well as so many others, a platform to spread awareness and help fund LLS's mission to find a cure for blood cancers.
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 as I will be posting updates on our campaign.
Even if you are unable to donate, spreading the word through this fundraising page would be greatly appreciated!
On behalf of blood cancer patients everywhere, thank you for your support!
For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org.
10 Comments
Anonymous
Congrats on all the great work you are doing!
Anonymous
A wonderful cause!
Nayana Shenoy
Keep up the good work Romita!
Anonymous
From Flieger - the spotty dog.
Hina Ashar
From Hina
Jasvinder Kaur
Good luck Romita! Keep up the good work!
Anonymous
Congratulations on your wonderful effort.
Sanjukta Bhattacharyya
Great cause ... Keep it up Romita??
Sanjukta Bhattacharyya
Hi Romi, Kudos for being part of such a humane endeavour. Hope you reach your goal easily. Take care, Mukta Mashi
Anonymous
Better late than never!