The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) and The California Hotel & Lodging Association (CH&LA) Complete Fundraising Mission

SAN FRANCISCO, June 11, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) and The California Hotel & Lodging Association (CH&LA) are proud to announce the completion of the CH&LA Fundraising Mission, an unprecedented effort to collectively raise funds to support vital research for a cure for blood cancers. The CH&LA Fundraising Mission, which launched in February 2015, raised over $270,000 to benefit LLS, blood cancer patients and their families throughout California.

The money raised through the CH&LA Fundraising Mission is going towards blood cancer research and supporting local blood cancer patients through education programs and aid services like the Co-Pay Assistance Program, which helps patients pay their insurance premiums, meet co-pay obligations and more. Programs like the CH&LA Fundraising Mission help LLS play an important role in the discovery and development of treatments for blood cancers. In 2013 alone, LLS funded almost $74 million in research and in 2014 in the state of California, LLS funded $31.7 million in research, patient services and advocacy.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society extends its gratitude, appreciation and thanks to the hotels that participated, The California Hotel & Lodging Association and Tom Klein, the Fairmont San Francisco General Manager and Regional Vice-President, and CH&LA Board Member who led the campaign. The CH&LA Fundraising Mission has made a big impact on LLS's work with patients, doctors, researchers and policymakers in California.

For more information on The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society or the CH&LA Fundraising Mission, contact Robert Ojeda at Robert.Ojeda@lls.org, or visit www.lls.org.

About The California Hotel & Lodging Association
The California Hotel & Lodging Association (CH&LA) is the largest state lodging industry association in the nation and a Partner State Association of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. Its members include all segments of the lodging industry including the California Association of Boutique & Breakfast Inns (CABBI) – California's largest association of professional innkeepers and certified bed and breakfast inns. CH&LA is the leading resource for communicating and protecting the rights and interests of the California lodging industry. CH&LA was established in 1893. CH&LA is on the web at www.calodging.com.

About The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society ® (LLS) is the world's largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. The LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world and provides free information and support services for patients and their loved ones. Founded in 1949 and headquartered in White Plains, NY, LLS has chapters throughout the United States and Canada. To learn more, visit www.LLS.org.  

SOURCE The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society