Hi! My name is Abby Hyver and I am a team member of the Cancer Conquerors in the 2021 Student of the Year Campaign for Leukemia and Lymphoma patients. My family and I have always been very passionate about charity work. In fact, every Thanksgiving my extended family comes together and donates an animal to a family in a third world country. This animal can help the family with their farming so they can produce more food and provides them with fur to produce clothing. These charitable family traditions that I participated in as I grew up have shaped me into who I am today and made me more passionate about giving to others. Though cancer has been around for a while, we unfortunately have yet to find cure. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's goal is to raise money and contribute to cancer research as well as other serious diseases so that eventually we can find cures and save lives! Thank you!

I am honored to participate as a team member for the 2021 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 support my candidate and am 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 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.