Angelica Romo Mrs.Frank Period: 1st 2/28/14 Leukemia and Lymp oma !

ancer " e Leukemia and Lymp oma #ociety$ Proposal

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Introduction !ancer is a disease t at can a%%ect anyone o% any age$ gender$ or race. !ancer does not discriminate and t ere are many di%%erent types o% cancers. &ne o% t e most common cancers is 'lood cancer. " ere are t ree di%%erent types o% 'lood cancers$ ( ic are: Leukemia$ Lymp oma$ and Multiple Myeloma )American #ociety o% *ematology+. Leukemia is a type o% cancer t at a%%ects t e 'one marro( and occurs ( en 'lood cells in t e 'one marro( a,e an uncontrolla'le gro(t . Lymp oma cancer is a 'lood cancer t at occurs in t e lymp nodes o% t e 'ody-s lymp atic system. .n t e /nited #tates$ one person gets diagnosed (it 'lood cancer e,ery %our minutes )" e Leukemia and Lymp oma #ociety+. #ince last year t ere a,e 'een 001$812 cases o% people ( o (ere a%%ected (it leukemia and lymp oma cancers )" e Leukemia and Lymp oma #ociety+. An estimated 1$121$812 people are li,ing (it and/or in remission %rom leukemia and di%%erent types o% lymp oma cancers$ in t e /.#. )" e Leukemia and Lymp oma #ociety+. *undreds o% t ousands o% people are a%%ected 'y 'lood cancer all o,er t e (orld. A(areness a'out leukemia and lymp oma s ould 'e raised in society 'ecause it (ill in%orm o% t e risks and create a support system %or ,ictims.

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Angelica Romo Mrs.Frank Period: 1st 2/28/14 My capstone pro3ect (ill 'e a personal c allenge %or me 'ecause . (ill a,e to manage my time (isely and come up (it plans in order to %undraise %or my cause and elp t e Leukemia and Lymp oma #ociety. . also a,e to (ork ard 'y doing an appropriate amount o% researc on my topic to come up (it an e%%ecti,e solution to t e pro'lem. All my ard (ork (ill pay o%% in t e end 'ecause . (ill 'ene%it %rom all my learning e4perience and t is capstone pro3ect (ill elp me address t is glo'al issue and create a(areness %or leukemia and lymp oma cancers. My capstone pro3ect (ill address all %our pillars o% t e Asia #ociety 5P# Leaders ip outcomes. 6ot only (ill t is course prepare me %or college 'y (riting a college ready argument paper 'ut it (ill also elp me in impro,ing my researc ing skills. . (ill ,olunteer t(ice a (eek at t e Leukemia and Lymp oma #ociety and create a %undraising campaign in my sc ool to donate money to t e LL# %or cancer researc . . (ill recogni7e perspecti,es 'y communicating my ,ie(s and researc o% my topic to in%orm people o% t e importance o% leukemia and lymp oma cancers. " is pro3ect (ill also 'ene%it me 'y impro,ing my speec skills and . (ill 'e a'le to communicate to my peers$ my community and my sc ool a'out t e importance o% leukemia and lymp oma cancers and o( it is a glo'al issue t at impacts e,eryone around t e (orld. *o( can people 'eing a(are o% risk %actors decrease t e c ance o% people getting diagnosed (it 'lood cancer8

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II.

Learning Services

A. "o 'e part o% t e Leukemia and Lymp oma #ociety and 'ecome an acti,e ,olunteer. 9. "o learn more a'out t e Leukemia and Lymp oma #ociety. !. "o %undraise %or our cause. :. "o researc more a'out leukemia and lymp oma cancer and its impact on t e (orld. ;. "o learn more a'out Leukemia and Lymp oma ,ictims in *ouston and "e4as. F. "o learn a'out t e LL# and o( t ey elp cancer ,ictims (orld(ide.

III.

Activities Timelines Writing and Research . (ill do researc and %ind (e'sites to use %or my pro3ect. . (ill turn in my proposal roug dra%t to Mrs. Frank. . (ill turn in my %inal proposal dra%t to Mrs. Frank. . (ill 'egin researc plus t e note cards. Meet (it sponsor %or argument paper. Fe'ruary 1st$ 2<14 Fe'ruary14$ 2<14 Fe'ruary 28$ 2<14 1st (eek o% Marc . Mid=Marc 2<14 Romo2

Angelica Romo Mrs.Frank Period: 1st 2/28/14 . (ill turn in t e roug dra%t o% my argument paper. . (ill turn in t e %inal dra%t o% my argument paper. ;nd o% Marc 2<14 Mid=April 2<14

Learning Experience . (ill meet (it ;rika o% t e Leukemia and Lymp oma #ociety. >anuary 22$ 2<14

. (ill 'egin ,olunteering at t e Leukemia >anuary 2<$ 2<14 and Lymp oma #ociety t(ice a (eek. . am doing %iling o% patient ser,ices applications$ preparing packages %or sc ools in t e LL# #c ool ? @out Program$ and (ill take a tour at a local ospital and elp in anyt ing else t ey need. . (ill 'egin t e Pennies %or Patients Fundraiser. . (ill plan more ideas %or %undraisers (it t e LL# and our sc ool. . (ill create my %inal presentation. . (ill present my Final presentation to Mrs. Frank. "9A. May'e in Fe'ruary or early Marc . Fe'ruary=Marc . 2<14 April=May 2<14 May 2<14

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Measuring Project Results A. . (ill reac my goal to a%%ect as many people as possi'le. . (ill (ork ard %or t is issue to 'e kno(n 'y people in my community$ my sc ool$ and locally. . (ill keep track o% t e amount o% people . am a%%ecting 'y creating a ta'le and recording t e data. Romo4

Angelica Romo Mrs.Frank Period: 1st 2/28/14 9. . (ant to in%orm a'out 1<<A people in my sc ool and 2<<A people in my community and locally. !. My target population is t e people in my community. :. My goal is to raise a'out BC<< or more. . (ill %undraise in my sc ool and donate t e money to t e Leukemia ? Lymp oma #ociety so t ey can gi,e to cancer researc . ;. . (ill measure my success 'y tracking my data in an organi7ed (ay. . (ill create a ta'le to record my data as e,idence to pro,e t at . a,e made a su'stantial di%%erence. V. Form My !apstone pro3ect (ill take t(o %orms. . (ill 'e part o% t e Leukemia and Lymp oma #ociety. 9ased on my (ork (it t e LL# and my researc $ . (ill create a college=le,el argument paper a'out my topic t at (ill include citations. . (ill present my researc %indings$ my learning e4perience and ( at .-,e learned (it (orking (it t e LL# in my %inal presentation. . (ill de%end my argument o% my topic (it e,idence o% t e researc . a,e gat ered. . (ill present to my %ello( students and teac ers o% # arpsto(n .nternational. VI. Preparations "o complete my !apstone Pro3ect . (ill: a.+ Deep an organi7ed !apstone 9inder ( ere . (ill keep all my papers and (ork. '.+ Per%orm e4tensi,e researc on my glo'al issue and come up (it a possi'le solution. RomoC

Angelica Romo Mrs.Frank Period: 1st 2/28/14 c.+ "ake action 'y ,olunteering and %undraising %or my topic. d.+ !reate a %inal argument paper t at (ill 'e 'ased on my researc and e4periences %rom my ,olunteering and learning ser,ices. e.+ Present my %indings %rom my researc to my %ello( classmates$ peers$ and teac ers$ so t at t ey can see ( y my topic is a glo'al issue and o( it a%%ects e,eryone around t e (orld.

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Citations
"News." The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2014. "News." The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2014. "Disease Information & Support." Facts and Statistics | The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2014. " meri!an So!iet" of #emato$o%"." Blood Cancers. N.p., n.d. Web. 2& Feb. 2014.

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