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 I have been given the amazing opportunity to be a part of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Students of the Year 2021 Campaign. This is a seven-week fundraising competition to raise money in support of LLS starting February 5th, 2021 - March 26th, 2021. I have formed Team LexiStrong with the help of my friends and family.  I will be working to help raise the funds necessary to benefit those who need them. I am asking my friends and family to help us assist the efforts of the LLS to find a cure for blood cancer. 
 

I am very passionate about helping LLS as a result of my own battle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma my junior year of high school.  On November 1, 2019, I went into St. Clair Hospital’s ER with mild chest pains, leaving with the news there was a mass in my chest.  Two days later, I was sent to Children’s Hospital where a biopsy was performed, revealing the diagnosis of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.  A PET scan just days later confirmed the cancer had progressed to Stage 4, meaning it was all throughout my neck, chest, collarbone, lungs, and under arms.  From November 15 until February 17 I underwent five rounds of chemotherapy, then followed by fourteen days of radiation in the months of March and April.  On July 10, 2020 I received the call from my oncologists that I was officially cancer free.  Three days later, I rang the bell.  

Each charitable dollar you contribute to our campaign makes an impacting difference. One hundred percent of these funds go directly to LLS in support of its longstanding mission to cure Leukemia, Lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, and Myeloma and to improve the quality of life of patients and their families. Not only is LLS helping patients with blood cancers, but LLS is going beyond blood cancer by funding more than 60% of the blood cancer therapies being used to treat other cancers. Blood cancers account for more than 40% of all childhood cancers, and most children are treated with the same toxic combinations of chemotherapies developed decades ago for adults, leaving them with lifelong complications. This is why LLS has created the LLS Children’s Initiative with a commitment to expand their investment in research and therapies to allow young patients to not only survive their cancer, but thrive in their lives after treatment, something I am personally passionate about.

Please join us to support the efforts of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  By making a donation in any amount, you are supporting the programs and critical research LLS is doing. We only have until March 26th to collect donations so please support today and share this page with your friends!

Thank you in advance for your support!