Just like so many others, we both have a personal connection to cancer.

Stephanie: My Nonna was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999. Although I was not born yet, my oldest sister would be born later that year in October. I cannot begin to imagine how hard this was for my parents, Nonno, and Nonna. I am so grateful that my Nonna was able to recover, especially considering how influential she is on my life. I am so appreciative of the cancer research from LLS.

My Nonna, Nonno, and I

Maggie: My Great Aunt Karen was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. I was only 5 during this time. If my great aunt had passed away to breast cancer, I would have never been able to make the amazing memories that I have with her. Although she was recently re-diagnosed, it is amazing to see how far cancer research has come since her first diagnosis, and how much more advanced and effective her treatments are. This innovation is thanks to successful cancer research centers like LLS.

My Great Aunt Karen, my sister Gracie, my brother Jack, and I

Thank you for visiting my fundraising page, welcome!

I encourage you to join me in supporting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) by making a donation to my fundraising campaign. By donating to LLS, you support the many facets of LLS’s mission work from investing in groundbreaking research, providing education and support to patients, and advocating at the state and federal level for legislation to help those living with cancer. My appreciation for your support cannot be overstated — each and every dollar donated to LLS brings us closer to our goal to end blood cancer and makes an impact for cancer patients and their families.

As a global leader in the fight to end cancer, LLS is committed to doing more for blood cancer patients and families than any organization in the world. LLS’s signature fundraising campaigns drive critical support for its mission, including a nearly $1.3 billion investment in cutting edge cancer research worldwide since it was founded in 1949. Since the 1960s, survival rates for many blood cancer patients have doubled, tripled, or even quadrupled.

Every facet of LLS’s mission – research, education and support, and policy and advocacy – work in harmony to put blood cancer patients and their families first. LLS has helped millions impacted by cancer throughout its more than 70-year history, even funding breakthrough blood cancer research to advance lifesaving treatments and cures that is now helping patients with other cancers and diseases. That is why at LLS we say that beating cancer is in our blood.

Please visit my website as often as you can and share it with everyone you know who would also like to join us in the fight against cancer. Together, we have the power, the passion and the resolve to achieve a world without blood cancer. All donations are tax-deductible.

On behalf of cancer patients and their families everywhere, I sincerely thank you for your support!

For more information about LLS, please visit lls.org