Meet a Riverside child who battled blood cancer and won

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society: Click to learn more about Cynthia’s battle with cancer.

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Craig Fiegener
InstantRiverside.com

During the next few weeks I’m hoping you’ll learn a lot more about The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. It’s a group that helps provide support to families, and raise money for cancer research. Cynthia Aguirre, 6, of Riverside has battled blood cancer, and won. We are focusing on her because she is a true success story.

InstantRiverside.com is devoting extra coverage to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Each year the organization recruits people from the community to help promote awareness about the disease. Leukemia is blood cancer, while Lymphoma is a cancer that attack the cells in the immune system. Both cancers are treatable, but often not without uncomfortable consequences.

The mission of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families, according to LLS.

My job, as a nominee, is to promote awareness. If you are able you can donate to LLS. The organization has a website, with a dedicated page for InstantRiverside.com. You can do everything online, as far as donations are concerned– every dollar helps. (All of the money is collected and administered by LLS.) Click here to learn more about The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and Cynthia Aguirre.

If you can donate, do it responsibly; only as you can afford. If you can’t donate, please follow our coverage. For me, just knowing that we’re helping Riversiders learn more about this disease, is my reward. It is core to the mission of InstantRiverside.com as a news organization.