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Student Visionaries of the Year & Grand Finale
What is Student Visionaries of the Year?
Student Visionaries of the Year is a groundbreaking philanthropic leadership development program for high school students. Every year, courageous young leaders embark on an exciting 7-week journey with a goal to create a world without blood cancers, striving to earn the Student Visionary of the Year title.What will the Grand Finale Program entail?
The program is a celebration of all of our incredible Candidate Teams! Highlights will include Team introductions by Mission Pillar, Mission Moments and a final opportunity to donate, Mission Awards, Team and Top Fundraiser recognition. The program will culminate with the grand reveal of the total mission impact our 2024 class has made on blood cancers.What awards and recognition will be given out the night of the event?
The awards structure during the Student Visionaries of the Year Grand Finale Celebration has revenue based awards, as well as and non-revenue based awards. Our three Mission Awards are non-revenue based awards based on applications submitted by candidates and voted on by committee. We are also excited to recognize our Hero & Impact Awards to those candidate teams who achieve $50K or more as well as our Team Member of the Year awarded to the top local fundraising team member. And lastly, there will be for an overall Student Visionary of the Year Top Local Fundraiser and Runner Up top fundraiser.What are the Student Visionaries of the Year Mission Pillars?
At LLS, the support of our mission is at the forefront of all we do and can be generally broken up into three key areas of focus - research, patient support, and advocacy. As a candidate for Student Visionaries of the year, each team will align their campaign with one of our areas of focus. We call these our Mission Pillars. This helps our candidate teams speak to what part of our mission is most meaningful to them, as well as helps you as staff create a deeper relationship with your candidates by sharing information that is interesting to each candidate team.Can you share a little more about each Mission Pillar?
Research: Like you, we're never satisfied with the status quo. We are unstoppable innovators, funding the most promising blood cancer research across the globe and forging collaborations to accelerate new discoveries, treatments, and cures. With a more than 70-year track record, LLS has supported virtually every advancement in blood cancer treatment - including approaches once thought impossible.
Patient Support: We share your compassion and drive to make a difference in the lives of patients and families. Each day, we work tirelessly to provide hope, guidance, education, and support when it's needed most, so no one has to face cancer alone. We help patients and families throughout their entire cancer experience, and you make this vital work possible.
Advocacy: At LLS, advocacy is in our blood, and we raise our voices to put patients and families at the center of everything we do. We are relentless, agile, and determined to effect meaningful change in the fight against blood cancers by advocating at the local, state, and federal level to effect policy change.
What are the Mission Awards?
The Mission Awards seek to reward those candidates who have advanced the efforts to cure blood cancers by making significant contributions through their campaigns.- Research Mission Award: This award will be given to the candidate team who leads the way by not only spreading awareness about LLS's Research but also by demonstrating the spirit of LLS's innovative research strategy.
- Patient Support Mission Award: This award will be given to candidate team who goes above and beyond by infusing the impact of LLS's patient support & education services as part of their campaign.
- Advocacy Mission Award: This award will be given to the candidate team that leads the way in spreading awareness about LLS's mission and works to engage a variety of audiences.