The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Illinois Region

Exciting news from Illinois! 🌟 We're hiring and seeking top talent for four key roles. If you're ready to make a difference and join this wonderful team, please see below! #IllinoisJobs #HiringNow #JoinOurTeam

We have an AWARDEE on our hands! 🎺 Join us in congratulating our 2024 Visionaries of the Year Patient Education and Support WINNER! 🌟 Amanda Alpert Knight, Team For the Love! Amanda Alpert Knight They have shown leadership in bringing awareness to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Amanda remarked "Receiving the Mission Award for Education and Patient Support is an incredible honor that fills me with profound gratitude and humility. My journey with LLS has been a passionate pursuit to raise awareness, one patient at a time, one message at a time, for the greater good. This recognition means the world to me, and I am deeply thankful to the many supporters and donors who have made this possible." Drop a 🎉below to celebrate their win! #LLSVisionaries

We have an AWARDEE on our hands! 🎺 Join us in congratulating our 2024 Visionaries of the Year Research WINNER! 🌟 Kimberly Grispo, Kim’s Cancer Crushers! Kim Grispo They have shown leadership in bringing awareness to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Kim remarked “Honoring the LLS Research Mission Pillar is the reason I said yes to and how I stayed motivated throughout the VOY campaign. Spreading awareness of and fighting for safer blood cancer treatments has given me an active, tangible way to fight a disease that had caused me to feel helpless throughout my daughter’s battle with Leukemia.” Drop a 🎉 below to celebrate their win! #LLSVisionaries

We have an AWARDEE on our hands! 🎺 Join us in congratulating our 2024 Visionaries of the Year Policy and Advocacy WINNER! 🌟 Kristen Hill, Team Rememberate! Kristen Hill They have shown leadership in bringing awareness to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Kristen remarked “Receiving the Policy & Advocacy mission pillar award is incredibly humbling and the perfect cap to a challenging, emotional and wildly fulfilling campaign. The work LLS does to improve outcomes and advocate for blood cancer patients is so inspiring, and it is an honor to play a small part in championing all that they do.” Drop a 🎉 below to celebrate their win! #LLSVisionaries

LLS would like to give a huge thanks to our Visionaries of the Year $5K Club! These go-getting team members worked relentlessly over the 10-week campaign to engage their communities and push their teams to even further success. The $5,000+ they each raised is providing crucial support for blood cancer patients and life-saving research. We could not be prouder of our 5k Club! Drop your congratulations in the comments below! #LLSvisionaries #FightBloodCancer

LLS would like to give a huge thanks to our Visionaries of the Year $10K Club! These go-getting team members worked relentlessly over the 10-week campaign to engage their communities and push their teams to even further success. The $10,000+ they each raised is providing crucial support for blood cancer patients and life-saving research. We could not be prouder of our 10K Club! Drop your congratulations in the comments below! #LLSvisionaries #FightBloodCancer

Let’s CELEBRATE! 🎺 A BIG shout out to Perry Siatis, our 2024 Team Member of the Year! He raised over $117,000! Thank you for all that you do to raise money and help advance the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society mission of a world without blood cancer! Drop a 👏 to congratulate our outstanding team member today! 👇 #LLSVisionaries

This candidate class was truly exceptional! In celebration of this unprecedented season, we are honored to highlight our $50k+, 100k+, and $200k+ Teams! Special shoutout to our $200k+ teams Team Matt Carmody, Team Rememberate, and Roux Crew. 2024 is the first time we ever had 3 $200k+ teams in Chicago! Drop your congratulations in the comments below!

🎖 We are so proud to announce Kristen Hill as our 2024 Chicago Visionary of the Year Runner Up!! She raised over $279,000! 🎉 Reflecting on her exceptional campaign Kristen shared “Team Rememberate accomplished so much over the past 10 weeks, but more important than any dollar amount is that we did it all with so much heart and always with the LLS mission at the forefront. We are so grateful for our supporters, fellow candidates and LLS staff who kept us motivated and inspired all campaign long!” In just 10 weeks, our dedicated Chicago Visionaries of the Year candidates have made incredible contributions to fundraise for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's mission! Pop a note of congratulations to our Top Fundraiser below! #LLSVisionaries

Drum roll, please! 🥁 🎖 We are so proud to announce George Wedemeyer as our 2024 Chicago Visionary of the Year! He raised over $280,000! 🎉 In celebration of his team’s incredible season George shared “Thank you very much to everyone who contributed to our winning campaign. I am extremely proud to accept this award on behalf of Team Matt Carmody - the spirit shown by our team perfectly reflected Matt’s legacy.” In just 10 weeks, our dedicated Chicago Visionaries of the Year candidates have made incredible contributions to fundraise for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society mission! Pop a note of congratulations to our Top Fundraiser below! #LLSVisionaries