Dear LUCAS,
Help us continue our mission to fund life-saving research.
In October 1944, Robert “Robbie” Roesler de Villiers was only
16 years old when he died from leukemia. Robbie’s parents were stricken
with grief and frustrated by the lack of effective treatments for what
was then considered a hopeless disease.
They started a fundraising and education organization in his name. The
Robert Roesler de Villiers Foundation had only a few volunteers and a
tiny budget.
Today, it is The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). We’re now
the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding
blood cancer research and providing education and patient services.
In our 67-year history, we have invested more than $1 billion in research
to advance life-saving treatments and cures, and improve the quality of
life of patients and their families. This investment has led to remarkable
progress in treatments for patients.
Each decade there have been promising advances. In 1964, the five-year
survival rate for children with the most commonly diagnosed pediatric
leukemia was 3%. Today it’s approximately 90%.
Help us continue our mission to fund life-saving research by donating today.
