CANCER HAS NOT BEEN CANCELLED!! Our campaign to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has been extended until May 21, 2020. You still have a chance to make a difference!!

I am honored to participate as a candidate for the 2020 Students of the Year program, a seven-week initiative, that runs from March 5^th through April 23^rd, in which select high school students from around the country participate in a fundraising competition to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. 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.

I got involved in this campaign because societies such as these have a special place in my heart. I know that someone will benefit from the work that they do. I would love to see the cure for cancer in my lifetime.  I am also participating in honor of a family friend, Rick Friel, who is a Leukemia cancer survivor.  The Friel family is actively involved with LLS and their enthusiasm to help, inspired me to want to take part in this campaign. 

Since the early 1960s when LLS began funding cancer research, 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 also 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 my website often and bring friends who would also like to donate!

On behalf of blood cancer patients everywhere, thank you for your support! TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

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