Please join us on Saturday, March 7, 2020 for an inspirational brunch while we celebrate our Students of the Year candidate teams!

Meet our Lincoln, NE Students of the Year Honored Hero! Maggie is a loving, kind, funny, and smart daughter. On May 31, 2018 we took Maggie to the doctor for a fever that had persisted for over a week. We thought it was an ear infection that she couldn’t shake. The doctor drew blood and told us we needed to go to Children’s Hospital immediately. The next day they diagnosed Maggie with ALL: acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Maggie has already completed a year and half of treatment, with another 9 months to go. She’s faced many struggles along the way, but we keep her number one goal to remain a kid and live the life she deserves.
Written by: Meagan, Maggie's Mother

We are SO excited to end our 7 week campaign, celebrating each of our SOY 2020 Lincoln candidates! Please join us for our Grand Finale Event at Art and Soul! 

We are all getting SUPER excited about our SOY KickOff! This will be held a Champions Fun Center! 

We cannot wait to celebrate you all! 

Meet Asher! Oregon & SW Washington's 2020 Boy of the Year. Each year the Oregon & SW Washington chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society selects a Boy of the Year, a pediatric cancer survivor who the Students of the Year and Man Woman of the Year campaigns all raise money in honor of. This year, we are so thrilled to have Asher and his family with us! 

Asher was diagnosed at just 2-years old with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. He's a total sweetheart who loves ice cream, Sesame Street, and also has Down Syndrome. His amazing mom, Shay, told LLS staff that LLS helped her afford rent while she took time off of work during Asher's treatment. He is one of the thousands of incredible children LLS supports every year and whose life is impacted by the efforts of our amazing volunteers and the donors they connect our organization to. Asher is now in remission! Look forward to meeting him and his beautiful family at our Grand Finale Gala on Sunday, March 8! 

Join as we celebrate the end of our 2020 Students of the Year Campaign & announce our Student of the Year winner! There will be food, drinks, music, & silent auction!

Join us as we kick off our 2020 Students of the Year Campaign!

by: KOIN 6 News Staff

Posted: Jan 27, 2020 / 02:00 PM PST / Updated: Jan 27, 2020 / 05:19 PM PST

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — More than a half-dozen local students just embarked on a 7-week campaign to raise tens of thousands of dollars — and they’re all vying to be the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Student of the Year.

“It’s an amazing thing for these children to be involved in helping fund-raise for an incredible cause, which is to find new cures for blood cancers,” said Dr. John Godwin of the Providence Cancer Center.

To kick off the Student of the Year competition, all of the candidates were invited to learn more about the research the campaign helps to fund.

“Here at Providence, we have an incredible amount of research into blood cancers,” said Godwin.

Students had an opportunity to meet with leading oncologist, Dr. Godwin, and tour the research lab at the Providence Cancer Center.

“I think it sort of gives them an insight and excitement of what research can do to fight cancer,” said Godwin.

To read the full article, go to: 

https://www.koin.com/news/students-raise-money-for-leukemia-and-lymphoma-society/

WE cannot wait to celebrate our SUCCESSFUL SOY 2020 Campaign!!!