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I encourage you hear my friend Lucie's stroy and join me in supporting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) by making a donation to my fundraising campaign. By donating to LLS, you support the many facets of LLS’s mission work from investing in groundbreaking research, providing education and support to patients, and advocating at the state and federal level for legislation to help those living with cancer. My appreciation for your support cannot be overstated — each and every dollar donated to LLS brings us closer to our goal to end blood cancer and makes an impact for cancer patients and their families.

Four months ago my best friend, Lucie Kunetka, was diagnosed with spinal tumors. She underwent a major surgey to resect the largest tumor in her back. After the surgrey, Lucie was left in a lot of pain. In the weeks following, Lucie had to figure out how to do simple tasks. This period was extremely frustrating for her, but being the fighter that she is, Lucie was able to recover fairly quickly. However, the next even bigger hurdle was coming her way-- radiation.

Every day, for six weeks, Lucie had had to wakeup at 6 am before school to drive to the medical center, 30 minutes away from her home. The raditation process really took a toll on her. It left her feeling nauseous, and fatigued. She would go directly to school afterwards. Seeing Lucie so tired, and in pain at school was hard enough to watch, so it's hard to imagine how she was able to be so strong. The six weeks of radiation felt like they would never come to an end, but she finally finished her treatment!

Although Lucie finished her treatment, she willl be battling this for the rest of her life. There is possibility that the tumors will come back, but we pray it does not.

The blessing is that Lucie's cancer was treatable; however, this not the case for a lot of other patients. Lucie's family is also blessed enough to have the means to pay for her medical bills. This process was so tough for Lucie as it was, so it brought me to think about those who's cancer is not treatable or families that cannot pay for their medical bills. This is why your donation matters, you can, and will make a difference, if you donate today! 

As a global leader in the fight to end cancer, LLS is committed to doing more for blood cancer patients and families than any organization in the world. LLS’s signature fundraising campaigns drive critical support for its mission, including a nearly $1.3 billion investment in cutting edge cancer research worldwide since it was founded in 1949. Since the 1960s, survival rates for many blood cancer patients have doubled, tripled, or even quadrupled.

Every facet of LLS’s mission – research, education and support, and policy and advocacy – work in harmony to put blood cancer patients and their families first. LLS has helped millions impacted by cancer throughout its more than 70-year history, even funding breakthrough blood cancer research to advance lifesaving treatments and cures that is now helping patients with other cancers and diseases. That is why at LLS we say that beating cancer is in our blood.

Please visit my website as often as you can and share it with everyone you know who would also like to join us in the fight against cancer. Together, we have the power, the passion and the resolve to achieve a world without blood cancer. All donations are tax-deductible.

On behalf of cancer patients and their families everywhere, I sincerely thank you for your support!

For more information about LLS, please visit lls.org