I am honored to support my daughter Riley as she participates 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. I am proud to help her raise critical dollars in honor of her second cousin Isaiah, who is the face of this campaign.  Isaiah is the 2019 Honored Hero for LLS.  In our small part of the world, we currently have four individuals we know who are either battling or in remission from Leukemia or Lymphoma.  It has made an impact on our family and has brought an awareness to the trials of life.  My hope is that we can help make a difference going forward to bring awareness and continue to advance treatments.   

So this is how the campaign works!  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. I am a team member on Riley's team, so all the money raised through my page or any of our other team members all go towards Riley's team total.  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.