Students of the Year Albany
Flying for a Cure
Welcome to Team Flying for a Cure's SOY Fundraising Page!
We are honored to participate in 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. We are proud to be raising critical dollars in honor of a young patient hero who is currently battling or is in remission from 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(s) 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.
9 Comments
Susan Murray
Love to my niece, Kiya Nurse, for allowing me to take part in this fundraising effort to eradicate this horrible disease (s). I'm happy to do it in memory of my sister, Jean.
Aunt Maggie, Uncle Chris, Lukie & Bert
Good luck Grace! We love you and we are so proud of you!
Maureen Churan-King and Mark King
Best wishes on achieving your goal! Love, Aunt Maureen and Uncle Mark
Chris & Joan Krege
Best of luck Gillian! We love you very much! Aunt Joanie and Uncle Chriscch
Susan and John Kaczynski
Good Luck Gillian! Love, Aunt Sue and Uncle John
Corbett
Hi all the way from California Gillian! Good luck. I miss you!
Stacey lee sadowski
Thank you THS students for all that you are doing for LLS.
Tory Clemente
Keep up the great work Gillian, Grace and Kiya!
The Koehler Family
Keep up the great work Grace, Gillian and Kiya helping those fighting this terrible disease. May you remain cancer free Gillian to live a wonderful fulfilling life. Together, we can ALWAYS make a difference! The Koehler Family