Search for the Cure

05/27/2020

Our Student of the Year campaign period has officially ended! Thank you to everyone who donated, shared our posts or showed support in any way. We are forever grateful you chose to come along this journey with us to support a non-profit charity organization we love.
If you didn't get the chance to donate-don't worry! Our fundraising period isn't over yet! We will continue to fundraise until June 13 and you can donate, as always, at the link in our profile. The fight for blood cancer is ongoing!

05/18/2020

On this day, our team Search4TheCure would like to introduce a meaningful story: Sarah’s Story, another one of our honored heroes.
In 2016, Sarah, 35 years old living in Atlanta, began her five years in remission (the disappearance of signs & symptoms of cancer) from non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. This was all made possible from a bone marrow stem cell transplant performed by Dr. Civin. “It saved my life,” says Sarah, who at point suffered so much pain she begged her doctors to put her in a coma. Very special thanks to Dr. Civin’s research, Sarah is not only living today, but thriving.
Dr. Civin’s discovery of CD34 – the first and most effective market of hematopoietic (blood forming) stem cells – revolutionized the field of leukemia. His subsequent isolation of CD34+ stem cells enabled new approaches to leukemia treatment, which ultimately leads up to cures for numerous patients. Though the process of Dr. Civin’s CD34+ stem cell transplant was quite a difficult journey, it was worth the effort because in the end, it was effective. “I wasn’t just sitting in a hospital randomly and the drugs happened to work,” said Sarah. “No. There were tons and tons and tons of effort made to create these specific drugs that saved my life.” FUN FACT: Since the discovery of CD34, and in part of it, the relative five year survival rates for all types of leukemia have increased dramatically.
Now, Sarah’s life is moving forward. She is currently a store manager at Bottega Veneta. A message she wants to share is “I want there to be a cure... Research is everything.” However, it does not stop here.
Research is continuously being conducted for the purpose of developing tomorrow’s cure, and for the many patients suffering from cancer. By donating to our campaign, you are contributing to the advancement in the research of blood cancer. You are not only performing a good deed for your community and yourself but saving someone’s live. That someone may be a mother, a father, a daughter, a son, a friend, and so much more.

https://events.lls.org/nyc/nycsoy20/elujku

Students of the Year New York City Emily Lu | Search For A Cure Welcome to Emily Lu's SOY Fundraising Page! May 16, 2020 Join this fun event hosted by team Search for the Cure on Sunday, May 17 at 2 PM. You'll definitely want to end your weekend with our game of virtual pictionary on skribbl.io! All...

05/17/2020

Today, I will be sharing King's story. He is a leukemia survivor based in Queens Village, NY and an honored hero. You can find his story on ww.lls.org as well. King has a rare combination of a blood cancer called leukemia (high risk) and G6PD which is an incurable, lifelong blood disorder. His treatment plan is 3 1/2 years of daily chemotherapy. He is up to 75 pills per month, and this does not include intravenous or spinal chemo.

Unfortunately, as he gets older, the amount of chemo and medication he has to take will increase. He is three years into treatment, and has experienced several severe complications throughout this time.

Chemotherapy was so toxic it left him unable to walk for months (vincristine toxicity), nerve damage throughout his body (neuropathy), PTSD, brain swelling (leukoencephalopathy), and painful mouth sores. The scariest part of his treatment is that it can cause lifelong side effects, and worse, a secondary kind of cancer.

Regardless of all that he has been through, he does his very best to enjoy each day, stay positive, advocate, and spread awareness about pediatric cancer.

For the month of May, King would like to share a message: "Don't be afraid to go outside to get some sun! Just stay 6 feet apart from others not in your household and if you can't do that because of too many people, then it's not worth the risk! Try another place or try again another day. Social distancing is effective. We know because we have practicing those guidelines since I was diagnosed with leukemia in 2016."

Follow King on Facebook and Instagram:

King Fights Cancer

Donate at my personal fundraising link: https://events.lls.org/nyc/nycsoy20/elujku

Thank you for helping to save lives like King.

Students of the Year New York City Emily Lu | Search For A Cure Welcome to Emily Lu's SOY Fundraising Page! May 16, 2020 Join this fun event hosted by team Search for the Cure on Sunday, May 17 at 2 PM. You'll definitely want to end your weekend with our game of virtual pictionary on skribbl.io! All...

05/16/2020

UPDATE:

Our Skribbl.io game event has been moved to tomorrow at 2 PM!! This game is an easy chance to win $20!! Why not take advantage of this rare opportunity?

FUN FACTS:

-Approximately every 10 minutes, a person in the U.S. dies from blood cancer

-Approximately every 3 minutes, a person in the U.S. is diagnosed with a type of blood cancer

-The average annual allowed spending for treating blood cancer is $156,000 per patient in the first year following diagnosis

NEW DEAL:

In return for your kind donations, we are offering you 1 community service hour for every $5 you have donated! Just fill out this form-->

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeuOWJ0NrIFW1oHp4kNjFro3iKjZIUhUv2aZwGTWShqeui8dg/viewform

STATISTICS:

We have raised an incredible $4,165 in just a few weeks! With your support, we can reach our mini goal of $5,500 by Monday, 4/18 and our main goal of $7,000 by 4/21. The Student of the Year competition ends on 4/21 which is only one week away. You know what to do! Click the link in our profile to donate!

SOCIAL MEDIA:

Make sure to follow our social medias!

Facebook- Search for the Cure (We would highly appreciate it if you could share our page and encourage your friends and relatives to like our page)

Instagram-

TikTok-

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WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO:

Look out for mini events, raffles, and inspiring stories in the future ;)

Thanks for donating to Search for the Cure! If you donate $5, you automatically get an hour for community service! LLS is a volunteering organization that will verify for the hours you have volunteered for. Once we are notified that you have donated, we will make sure to send you the information to....

05/15/2020

Bored and want something to do tomorrow? Lucky for you, we know exactly what you can do!
We are hosting a virtual Pictionary using skribbl.io tomorrow, Saturday, May 16 at 2 pm. Start off your weekend with this fun game where you’ll be competing against friends to see who’s the best artist (or guesser). We will have 3 WINNERS. All participants will receive 2 community service hours. The first place winner will receive a $20 gift card to be used generally, and the second and third place winners will receive additional hours. The individual admission fee is $5 but there’s a “SCRIBBLE HEARTS” promo going on where you can split $8 with your friend ($4 each!) and join us on Saturday! All you have to do to access this promo is:
1. Share this post and tag us!
2. Tag 3 friends in the comment section
3. Share this post to your story
Sign up now at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewRg_gxuf_rzvV0FB0DEZHNWi56L4UXGEEV7b7bYLv1o5Q6A/viewform
* Don’t mind the admission fee information, we updated it because the majority of people wanted an improved fee.
When paying in our fundraising link, mention “SCRIBBLE HEARTS” in the comment box! See you then! 💙💖

Join us during our fun event of playing Skribbl.io on May 16 at 2 pm! Admission fee: $6 if you join individually and $5 if you bring friends. *Only you get to pay $5 if you bring 2 friends, so if your friend asked you to join and you want to pay $5, then you need to bring 2 friends.* Everyone receiv...

05/07/2020

Get ready to watch Team Search for the Cure’s Team Spirit video explaining what SOY is to us and why we are doing it down below!

You can donate at the link in this page’s profile or at this link: https://events.lls.org/nyc/nycsoy20/elujku

Remember, your donations are going towards a good cause-providing blood cancer patients and their families with the resources they need as well as funding research that may turn out to be life-saving for them. When you donate, YOU are the ones instilling positivity, impacting our community, changing lives and so much more!

05/03/2020

LLS COVID-19 Patient Financial Aid Program Update, as of April 30, 2020:

12,769 patients approved and $3,192,250 in assistance provided as of April 30, 2020.

04/29/2020

Introducing the 50 states challenge!! Ending on April 30th, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society will donate $5 to our campaign for every state we get a donation from. (Meaning if a person from every state donates, we get $250!) So reach out to family, friends, distant relatives, coworkers, anyone who can donate to this great cause! Let’s get to 50 states!!

04/29/2020

We are currently participating in a challenge called the 24 hours challenge! Our goal is to earn 24 donations under 24 hours. It ends at 12 am today so be sure to donate! Any donated amount appreciated. We will also be giving shoutouts to those that do! The link is below.

Students of the Year New York City Maisha and Isabella Campaign Team | Search For A Cure Welcome to Maisha and Isabella Campaign Team's SOY Fundraising Page! Jan 28, 2020 I am honored to participate as a team member for the 2020 Students of the Year program, a seven-week initiative in which select h...

04/29/2020

Hi! We lead the team, Search for the Cure, in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) 2020 Students Of the Year campaign. Students of the Year is a 7-week fundraising competition led by high school students to raise money to support LLS and their cause. We are writing today to ask for your support of our campaign and LLS’s mission to find cures for blood cancers and to assist patients and families as they battle leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease or myeloma. We have been given an opportunity to help others and we cannot do it without your support.
Please click the link below to donate!

Students of the Year New York City Maisha and Isabella Campaign Team | Search For A Cure Welcome to Maisha and Isabella Campaign Team's SOY Fundraising Page! Jan 28, 2020 I am honored to participate as a team member for the 2020 Students of the Year program, a seven-week initiative in which select h...