Congratulations to our 2019 Citizenship Award Winner - Margot Sonia!

The Citizenship Award seeks to reward a candidate or team member who have advanced the efforts to cure blood cancers by making significant contributions through their campaigns to our mission, through exceptional outreach and advocacy and by facilitating and exhibiting a strong, sustainable commitment to community service,

Overall, nominees will be judged on creativity, passion, reach and leadership.

Congratulations Margot and thank you for your dedication to the mission and Students of the Year!

Congratulations to our 2019 Students of Year Candidates!

In seven short weeks, this dynamic class helped to raise over $162,000 to further the mission of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  We are incredibly proud of these students and so very thankful for their commitment and passion to finding a cure.

We'd also like to congratulate our 2019 Student of the Year winner!

Congratulations Lauren Prenaveau & Team Lymph-Busters!

Lauren and her team worked relentlessly to raise $61,485 during their 7 week campaign! Congratulations again, Team Lymph-Busters!!! 

Congratulations to our top three fundraising teams as well!

We are proud to share that one of the 2019 Virginia Students of the Year candidates, Noah Katz, was recognized by The Virginia Gazette for his work with the Students of the Year Campaign. Noah is a freshman student at Jamestown High School in Williamsburg, Virginia and represents Team Strike Out Cancer.  To learn more about Noah's campaign, please visit  https://www.vagazette.com/news/va-vg-noah-katz-0216-story.html 

On Feb. 26, over 550 people filled the room at The Minneapolis Event Centers to celebrate the outstanding achievements of the 2019 Students of the Year candidates. 

2019 was the second year for the Twin Cities program and we had 14 teams (16 high school students) participating in the 7-week fundraiser and the results were OUTSTANDING!  The Class of 2019 raised over $408,000.00!!!!

Congratulations to Brianna Torgerson, a sophomore at Southwest Christian High School in Chaska, for earning the title of 2019 Student of the Year.  Brianna raised over $90,000 and received a $2,500 college scholarship. 

This year we had three students, Grant Albin, Saunder Strong and Brianna Torgerson, who each raised over $50,000.  In recognition of their achievement, they received the Fundraiser Recognition Award. This award allows them to link the name of a loved one to a current LLS funded research grant. 

Additionally, three students received Citizenship Awards based on the effort they displayed during the campaign. Each of these students will receive a $500 college scholarship. The winners were:

Emily Van Dixhorn for Team Leadership
Samantha Kraby for Community Engagement
Courtney Chase for Mission Integration

Blakely is one of our Honored Heroes for the 2019 Students of the Year Campaign. She is 9 years old and has AML. Blakely started the battle for her life while on life support in July of 2011 at the tender age of 18 months. Being the fighter that she is she battled it a second time 19 months later and is now cancer free after her stem cell transplant.

Blake is one of our Honored Heroes for the 2019 Students of the Year Campaign. Blake is 9 years old and has ALL. In January of 2018, Blake began a three-year treatment plan to fight his ALL. He loves to play baseball and video games. Blake brings tons of energy and a strong desire to help others to our NWA Chapter.