{"id":67812,"date":"2019-03-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-the-leukemia-lymphoma-societys-silicon-valley-chapter-announces-local-2019-students-of-the-year-winners\/"},"modified":"2019-03-14T12:03:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T16:03:16","slug":"la-seccion-de-silicon-valley-de-la-sociedad-de-la-leucemia-y-el-linfoma-anuncia-a-los-ganadores-locales-del-titulo-estudiantes-del-ano-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/la-seccion-de-silicon-valley-de-la-sociedad-de-la-leucemia-y-el-linfoma-anuncia-a-los-ganadores-locales-del-titulo-estudiantes-del-ano-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"The Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society&#8217;s Silicon Valley Chapter Announces Local 2019 Students of the Year Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SAN JOSE, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 14, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Through The\u00a0Leukemia\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Lymphoma Society&#8217;s (LLS) Silicon Valley Students of the Year campaign presented by Silicon Valley Bank, more than 39 motivated high school students raised over <span class=\"xn-money\">$297,000<\/span> for LLS&#8217;s cutting-edge cancer research and patient services. <span class=\"xn-person\">Pranav Aida<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Abhinav Balla<\/span> and Surya Sripathi of Team Cure Creators and freshman from Evergreen Valley High School, raised the most funds in Silicon Valley and earned the winning title, &#8220;Students of the Year.&#8221; These fundraising superstars raised funds to support LLS&#8217;s goal to find cures for blood cancers and ensure that patients have access to lifesaving treatments. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgd87bleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgd87bleft\" title=\" \" border=\"0\" alt=\" \" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/639724\/Leukemia_and_Lymphoma_Society_Logo.jpg\" imagelabel=\"General\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Students of the Year is a seven-week philanthropic leadership development program during which students foster professional skills such as entrepreneurship, marketing, and project management in order to raise funds for LLS, the world&#8217;s largest nonprofit fighting blood cancer.\u00a0The title\u00a0Student(s)\u00a0of the Year\u00a0is awarded to the candidate or co-candidates in each community who raises the most funds during the competition.\u00a0Top local fundraisers become eligible to win the national title.\u00a0The students raise money in honor of a local patient hero who is currently battling or is in remission from a blood cancer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Congratulations to Team Cure Creators and all our candidates, supporters and volunteers who helped to make Students of the Year a huge success,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Jeff Scanlan<\/span>, Silicon Valley &amp; Monterey Bay Area Chapter&#8217;s Executive Director. &#8220;For these incredible individuals, it&#8217;s not just about winning a title; it&#8217;s all about the impact they are making in their communities and the generations ahead of them. From The Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society&#8217;s beginning 70 years ago with the development of new treatments for childhood leukemia to today&#8217;s advances in precision medicine and immunotherapy, LLS has led the way in changing the way we treat cancer and care for patients.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about LLS&#8217;s Students of the Year program visit: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2403043-1&amp;h=2328543878&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.studentseries.org%2F&amp;a=www.studentseries.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.studentseries.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>About The Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society<\/b> <br \/>The Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society\u00ae (LLS) is the world&#8217;s largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. The LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin&#8217;s disease and\u00a0myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world, provides free information and support services, and is the voice for all blood cancer patients seeking access to quality, affordable, coordinated care.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1949 and headquartered in <span class=\"xn-location\">Rye Brook, NY<\/span>, LLS has chapters throughout <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span>. To learn more, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2403043-1&amp;h=386570960&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lls.org%2F&amp;a=www.LLS.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.LLS.org<\/a>. Patients should contact the Information Resource Center at (800) 955-4572, Monday through Friday, <span class=\"xn-chron\">9 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Logo\u00a0&#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2403043-1&amp;h=2796650234&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F639724%2FLeukemia_and_Lymphoma_Society_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F639724%2FLeukemia_and_Lymphoma_Society_Logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/639724\/Leukemia_and_Lymphoma_Society_Logo.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  The Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society&#8217;s (LLS) Silicon Valley &amp; Monterey Bay Area Chapter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SAN JOSE, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 14, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Through The\u00a0Leukemia\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Lymphoma Society&#8217;s (LLS) Silicon Valley Students of the Year campaign presented by Silicon Valley Bank, more than 39 motivated high school students raised over <span class=\"xn-money\">$297,000<\/span> for LLS&#8217;s cutting-edge cancer research and patient services. <span class=\"xn-person\">Pranav Aida<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Abhinav Balla<\/span> and Surya Sripathi of Team Cure Creators and freshman&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salud"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}