Showing Support For Our Community: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS)

We love to support great organizations in our community and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is one of them. There are an estimated 399,967 people living with or in remission from leukemia in the US. Many people aren’t exactly sure what leukemia is. Leukemia is cancer of blood-forming tissues, including bone marrow.

People with slow-growing types of leukemias often don’t have any symptoms of the disease. Rapidly growing types of leukemia can cause symptoms like fatigue, frequent infections, weight loss and you may bruise more easily than other people. Treatments for the disease vary.

Just like many non-profits, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society began because a family lost a loved one to the disease.

Robert “Robbie” Roesler de Villiers from New York was only 16 when he quickly died of leukemia in 1944. Frustrated by the lack of treatments for what was then considered a “hopeless disease,” Robbie’s parents Rudolph and Antoinette de Villiers started a fundraising and educational organization in their son’s name. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is dedicated to curing leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and other blood cancers.

The Kentucky and Southern Indiana Chapter

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Kentucky & Southern Indiana Chapter offers a variety of things to help people with blood diseases, such as free educational and support programs for patients, their families, caregivers and healthcare professionals. They also sponsor free community-based education programs for to help educate patients, families and the medical community on the various blood diseases. Local doctors and other healthcare professionals often lead these programs

How Can You Help?

There are several ways that you can help the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. One is by reaching out to your Government Representatives in Congress and the House of Representatives to tell them how important it is to support initiatives that will help people that suffer from blood diseases like leukemia and lymphoma.

You can also become an “Advocate.” When you become an Advocate, you’ll learn ways you can reach out to elected officials through email, phone, and help take other actions to support this great organization and their efforts. You will also be kept informed of opportunities to participate in advocacy and policy-related events in the Kentucky and Indiana area.

Next, if you’re ready to donate to a worthy organization, please donate to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society today!

Neil Huffman Acura at Oxmoor and the entire Neil Huffman Automotive Group is proud to support this worthwhile organization.

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