Students of the Year Silicon Valley
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Welcome to Team Cureblood 2.0's SOY Fundraising Page!
We are 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. We are 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.
By donating to this page, you are helping to save a life. LLS has invested more than $1.6 billion in research since 1949, the year it was founded. The beginning of finding a cure to all cancers is blood cancer research since it is changing the way the disease is understood and is already impacting lives. 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 were introduced to this program by Srikar's sister, Meghana Chintala. Her team, including Amy, Tanvir, and herself, actually received 2nd place in the 2018 Students of the Year Program. They were introduced to this program by our math teacher, Mr. Dhillon. His son, Armaan, was diagnosed with leukemia in 2014 and has now completed treatment! It came as a shock to us when we found out because we had seen Armaan at school events, pushing through the treatment process. When Mr. Dhillon introduced them to this program, they were immediately on board because we wanted to make an impact in helping patients recover in any way that they could! We are excited to be carrying on their legacy!
Many high schoolers like us feel as though we do not have the opportunity to make a difference, but the Students of the Year program has provided us with the skills and opportunities to reach out to people in our community. We have learned that a solution and cure can only be found when people with a common goal unite by supporting one another. Now, we are asking you to join us in this cause and help find a cure for blood cancers.
Here is how you can help!
Please submit a tax-deductible donation by clicking the button to the right and joining the fight against blood cancer!
We are seeking corporate sponsorships and company matchings. For more information or to set up a meeting, please contact us at teamcureblood2.0@gmail.com!
All donations are greatly appreciated! 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 time and support,
Srikar, Abhi, and Raul
For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org.
1 Comment
Jyothisree Gogineni
Thanks srikar