9th Grade Student Raises Money For Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Earlier this spring, 9^th grade student Channing Stall was nominated to participate in the Student of the Year program, a leadership development and philanthropy program run by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) which partners with high school students across the country in their efforts to fundraise for blood cancer research, patients and their families. Through hard work and creative fundraising, Stall was able to raise over $64,000 during a seven-week period for LLS, with all the proceeds going towards the fight against cancer.

 

To raise the money, Stall used a variety of different outreach strategies. First, she worked with friends to write letters and emails which were then sent to their friends and family. Second, with her lacrosse team, she put together a lacrosse clinic for the Lady Wolves feeder lacrosse team to help their lacrosse skills while also advocating and teaching the team about LLS. Finally, Stall reached out to local corporations to set up meetings with them to talk about possible sponsorships for her campaign.

 

Stall said, “My motivation was that I really love to volunteer in my community, but through this campaign I was able to know exactly where the raised money was going to. The Student of the Year program has an opportunity that if you raise $50,000 in the seven-week campaign, you can link the money to a specific research portfolio and be updated about advancements and listen into conference calls.” For Stall, the research portfolio ended up being Pediatric and Young Adult Blood Cancers.

 

To learn more about the Student of the Year series – visit their website here https://www.studentseries.org/national-capital-area/article/about-student-of-the-year .

 

Please join us in congratulating Channing Stall in her efforts!