Join us as we celebrate the accomplishments of our 2021 class of candidates by announcing our winner and fundraising total!

Join us for the start of fundraising for Students of the Year Pittsburgh!

We are proud to announce Ben Hughes is the 2020 Student of the Year winner for St. Louis! Ben is a 10 year leukemia survivor and student at Marquette High School. Ben and his team worked extremely hard throughout the campaign. Ben and his team were able to raise over $50,000 for the mission. His efforts gave him the opportunity to link his team name to an LLS research portfolio. They chose the LLS Children's Initiative in honor of Ben's personal battle with pediatric cancer.

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Let's celebrate! Join us for our 2021 Students of the Year Grand FInale Celebration. Our candidates and their teams have spent the past several months preparing for this 7-week campaign and have worked diligently to fundraise in support of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's mission. 

*Please check back for updates as the venue selection and format may change due to the ongoing changes brought on by COVID-19. Stay updated on how LLS is responding to the coronavirus by clicking here. 

Join us as we kickoff our Students of the Year 7-week fundraising campaign. Our students have worked hard to prepare for this day and deserve to be recognized as our elite 2021 Students of the Year candidate class.

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And the winner of the 2020 Student of the Year is... Marleigh Hayes!  Congratulations to the soon to be senior at The New School in Fayetteville.  Marleigh ran as a candidate to advocate for blood cancer patients and their families who need the most help through their trials.  A special note of appreciation goes to her Gold Sponsor, Simmons Foods, who helped her secure the win.  We appreciate the work of Marleigh and her Kiss It, Cancer! team who worked hard mailing hundreds of letters, gathering auction items and sending emails to rally support for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  By raising $29,818 during the pandemic, they showed that beating cancer is definitely in their blood!

A shout out also goes to the Northwest Arkansas Student of the Year Runner Up, Team Open Hearts, led by Rachael Thumma, Bilal Raza and Dheeksha Krishnan.  This trio of candidates from Bentonville High School raised $22,007.50!! They also were presented with the Relentless Award for their tireless efforts in fundraising to find a cure for cancer.    

The staff of LLS appreciates all 11 candidate teams who participated in the 2020 campaign and hope to see them continue to be the philanthropic leaders of their generation.