Visionaries look to the future—and see infinite possibility.
They challenge the status quo—and make the impossible possible.
They boldly imagine a better world – and lead the charge to create it.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) was built on that same vision - of a better world - one without blood cancers.
Through Visionaries of the Year campaign, we are excited to recognize community leaders for being what we need most, visionaries. Visionaries of the Year is a philanthropic competition for highly motivated community leaders. Candidates and their team members raise funds for LLS in honor of local blood cancer survivors, our Honored Heroes. The title "Visionary of the Year" is awarded to the candidate whose team raises the most funds within their local community. The top Visionaries of the Year candidate in the country is awarded the national ‘Visionary of the Year’ title. As part of their journey, candidates and their teams will also choose a pillar of LLS’s mission – Research, Patient Education & Support, or Advocacy - to champion as they raise money.
Congratulations to this year’s candidate class. We are currently accepting nominations for next year. For additional information please contact your local LLS Staff Partner.
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Meet Our Honored Hero Ava!
Ava was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma in February of 2022. Ava had been noticing breathing problems when running and even singing and started sleeping slightly elevated. One afternoon she went to the track with her mom, but Ava couldn't even run around the track once.…
Meet Our Honored Hero Scout
Scout was diagnosed with HLH when she was only 1 1/2 years old. She had a persistent fever that lasted 3 weeks which progressively got higher with the highest being 105.4. She also stopped eating and drinking. Now Scout's family monitors her fevers very closely and has a…