Students of the Year Albany
Robert Richards | Team Joel
Welcome to Robert Richards' SOY Fundraising Page!
I am honored to participate as a team member for the 2020 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.
13 Comments
Talia R White
Keep up the good work Robbie!
Margaret Swanke
Robbie, thanks for raising awareness and helping to fund continuing research and education! Mostly, I applaud your willingness to think of others and jump in and make a difference, you will never regret the effort it takes to make the world a better place! Go get em!!
Deborah Heffan
Thanks Robbie! You're doing great work.
Werneke Family
Robbie, This is an amazing and courageous effort you are leading. Thank you for doing this for work.
Michael & Linda Bursell
You are doing an amazing job Robbie!!
beth portnow
Important work!!!! Thank you Robbie!!!
Marcus Reidenberg
Congratulations, Robbie, for all your effort on behalf of Team Joel.
Eric Hall
This is a great effort and a cause we are happy to support. Nice job, Robbie!
Marc Sonnenfeld
We are here to join you in supporting Team Joel
Jeanna Aube
Best wishes to Joel and your family in the fight against AML. May a cure be found soon.
Rachel E DiGiammarino
Robbie, We admire your passion for finding a cure, your love of your family, and your persistence at fundraising! Keep going! - Rachel & Mason
Amy Ide
This is a wonderful cause, Robbie!
Jeremy & Caitlin Reidenberg
Thanks for doing this for my Dad. It really means a lot to us Robbie.