Multiplying Good, the nation’s leading nonprofit focused on fueling personal growth and leadership through public service, will honor Lauren Cunningham as an outstanding public service achiever during the 2019 Jefferson Awards in Washington, D.C. on June 18, 2019.

One morning in 2014 nine-year-old Lauren Cunningham woke up with double vision. Hours later she was diagnosed with Leukemia, in a medically induced coma and fighting for her life. Lauren’s need for blood was her call to action. Since 2015, Team Lauren has held 11 blood drives and collected over 850 units of blood. Lauren has since collected over 450lbs of pop-tabs for the Ronald McDonald house. Lauren spends an average of 15 hours a month writing cards to children in the hospital and local persons fighting cancer, assembling care packages for caregivers and patients at Nationwide, collecting books for Ronald McDonald house, organizing blood drives and writing thank you notes to donors.