Students of the Year Burlington
Robbie Richards | Team Joel
Welcome to Robbie Richards' SOY Fundraising Page!
Welcome to Robbie Richards' SOY Fundraising Page!
I am honored to participate as a team member for 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. 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.
24 Comments
Julie Richards
Robbie, I am so proud of your efforts to find a cure for blood cancers so other families will be spared what our loved ones are going through!
Marissa Cooney-Moore
I am so proud of you for taking the lead on this!
Jack Manning & Subha Luck
Thank you fir doing this! Love, Jack, Subha and Govind
Bruce Reidenberg
Thanks to Robbie for bringing this effort to help patients like my wonderful brother Joel.
Michelle Richards
Be proud that you have taken on such a worthy initiative for your uncle and all who are affected.
Peter Mac
Hoping this helps towards curing multiple myeloma as well
Beth Newman
Sending Joel all our strength and well wishes! Thank you Robbie for the opportunity and honor of contributing to such an important cause. Love, Beth Newman and family
Tim & Ellen Kane
We support Team Joel
Allison Surks
Good luck Robbie! Allison & Phil
Talia R White
Eighteen is the number for the word "chai", meaning life/alive, in Hebrew. To life! Thanks for your work on this important project Robbie!
Amy Sutnick Plotch
Robbie, you are a wonderful nephew to Joel and a wonderful person who we are all lucky to know.
Lauren Carr
Keep up the good work Robbie!
Rachel E DiGiammarino
Robbie, I know your family has been through a lot and I admire your courage and optimism. Happy to contribute! - Rachel
Sue Kasser
So glad to help Robbie. Thanks for doing this! Sue
Jeremy Reidenberg
Thanks for doing this Robbie :)
Margaret Swanke
In honor of my dad who is having cancer surgery on April 25th
Kim Thompson
Wonderful work Robbie. We support you and Team Joel! Kim, Doug, Liam and Maygan
Kevin and Michele Peoples
Good luck Robbie!
Colette Richards
You are a super great grandchild!
Kathy Couture
thank you Robbie for raising funds for such a great cause - I hope your uncle responds well to treatment
Sherry McCabe
Robbie - Great cause! Thank you for your hard work. Sherry McCabe
Paul Waber
Go for it!
Amy Ide
This is a wonderful cause, Robby. Good luck meeting your goal!
Cynthia & Nate
Thanks for raising money for such an important cause! - Cynthia