Stem for a Cure 5k

🎗️ Race Overview

• Event: Stem for a Cure 5k
• Date: March 15, 2025
• Location: Thomas Cloud Park, Dayton, OH
• URL: Race Registration

💖 Purpose of the Event

• Fundraiser: This race is a new fundraiser for lymphoma, hosted by the Leukemia Lymphoma Society.
• In Honor: This year's race is in honor of Nolan O'Neil, a 2-year-old from Springfield Ohio, who was diagnosed with AML.

🌟 About LLS

• Mission: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is passionate about our mission: to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.
• Support: LLS volunteers help carry out this mission in various ways, supporting patients, family members, healthcare professionals, and our community.
• Advocacy: They drive policy advocacy, participate in campaigns, and help LLS build much-needed capacity.

🌍 Student Visionaries Program

• Leadership Development: Student Visionaries of the Year is a philanthropic leadership development program for exemplary high school students.
• Skills Fostered: Participants develop professional skills such as entrepreneurship, marketing, and project management to raise funds for LLS.
• Award: The title Student Visionary of the Year is awarded to the candidate or co-candidates in each community that raise the most funds during the 7-week competition.

🏆 Fundraising and Teamwork

• Team Effort: Candidates and their teams raise money in honor of a patient hero who is currently battling or is in remission from a blood cancer.
• Team Selection: Candidates will select team members who will help them to achieve fundraising goals.