Students of the Year Houston
Team For the Love of Blood | For the Love of Blood
Team's Students of the Year Fundraiser
Jan 02, 2021
Hi! My name is Natasha Vahalia and I am competing with my best friend Ariya Datta. Ariya and I decided to compete for Zach Badillo, the son of our high school World Geography teacher, Christine Badillo. Mrs. Badillo was our favorite teacher in freshmen year and not only taught us the value of education, but also about improving ourselves. Zach Badillo, her son, was diagnosed with leukemia in 2018 when he was just a toddler. Mrs. Badillo would breifly speak about Zach, but Ariya and I saw the stress through his recovery and how often she would go for hospital visits. However, she always carried herself with grace and joy and was an amazing role model for us.
Thankfully, Zach is making a full recovery and is successfully progressing through remission. However, his remarkable story should be heard and seen by others to motivate them to donate and continue to help kids like Zach and teachers like Mrs. Badillo.
For more information on Zach, check out his Facebook page, Zach's Pack: No One Fights Alone.
Team's Students of the Year Fundraiser
Aug 10, 2020
Welcome To My Fundraising Page.
Please join me in supporting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) by making a donation to my fundraising campaign. Thanks to your support, my efforts, will help fund the therapies and treatments and help save lives today.
LLS's continued advancements over the years, are responsible for the blood cancer survival rate doubling and tripling; in some cases, the survival rate has even quadrupled.
And many LLS supported therapies not only help blood cancer patients but are now used to treat patients with rare forms of stomach and skin cancers. They're even being tested in clinical trials for patients with a range of cancers including lung, brain, breast, pancreatic and prostate cancers. LLS funded drugs are now being tested for patients with other non-cancerous diseases like Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Multiple Sclerosis.
We really are changing the face of blood cancer!
All donations are greatly appreciated and are tax deductible. They'll not only support LLS research but patient services, advocacy, public and professional education, and community services as well.
Please visit my Web site often and bring friends who would also like to donate!
On behalf of blood cancer patients everywhere I thank you for your support!
For more information about LLS, please visit lls.org
2 Comments
Risha Sethi
Thanks Natasha.
Allison Wang
Good luck Natasha and Ariya❤️