HOPE. APAMSA Launches "1,000 Cranes for Hope"
Elena Ong
February 08, 2009
HOPE.
Every day, 6,000 men, women and children's lives hang in the balance.
They have one HOPE.
They HOPE to LIVE.
Without YOU, they may not get that opportunity, because they have life-threatening blood-related diseases that can only be cured with a bone marrow transplant.
YOU could be the HOPE that enables them to live a full and productive life.
HOPE means registering to be a bone marrow donor in the National Marrow Donor Program Registry, because increasing the number of bone marrow registrants greatly increases the chances of finding a timely, and compatible match for a patient in need of a bone marrow transplant.
HOPE is why Yul Kwon, the CBS Cook Islands winner in Survivors, is the national spokesperson for the National Marrow Program and why he led our call to action for President Obama's National Day of Service. Yul knows about the meaning of HOPE, first hand. His college room mate passed away because his room mate couldn't find a "perfect bone marrow match" in time. This can be prevented if thousands more AAPIs register to donate their bone marrow in 2009.
HOPE is why hundreds of AAPIs across America answered President Barack Obama's call to action, and participated in the 2009 Presidential Inaugural Committee's National Day of Service, "The Gift of Hope." The weekend of January 17-20, 2009, hundreds of AAPIs, from New York to California, volunteered to give "The Gift of HOPE" by registering to donate their bone marrow to save another human life.
HOPE is why dozens of AAPI elected officials and community leaders, many of whom are already registered in the bone marrow registry, volunteered to "pledge-it-forward" by organizing an AAPI bone marrow drive in their community between Lunar New Years and May 2009 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
HOPE is why the Asian Pacific American Medical Students Association (APAMSA) is addressing President Obama and Yul Kwon's call to action, by launching "A Thousand Cranes for HOPE" at APAMSA's/AADP's bone marrow drive at Stanford University, where Vinca Chow, APAMSA's National Bone Marrow Director, is a first year medical student. "In the atmosphere of hope and transformative vision accompanying the new administration, APAMSA students from medical schools across the nation have pledged to recruit 1,000 potential bone marrow donors by APA Heritage Month." Vinca will be encouraging over than 500 minority students wattending the Stanford University Minority Medical Alliance (SUMMA) to become a bone marrow donor, and/or "pledge-it-forward" by sponsoring a bone marrow drive on their respective campuses. If you would like to register to donate your bone marrow, please come to the APAMSA/AADP Marrow Registration booth at Stanford University's James H. Clark Center, 318 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, on February 7, 2009, between noon to 5 pm.
"HOPE is why we are inspired by President Obama's Call to Action and by the personal stories of patients whom we encounter as medical students. We are committed to bringing "The Gift of HOPE" to those in need of life-saving bone marrow transplants," said Shelly Choo, President of APAMSA, a medical student organization that represents 20% of all medical students in the United States. "APAMSA would be honored to work with organizations interested in answering President Obama's call to National Service, and hope you will invite APAMSA to come to an APA Heritage Month event you are organizing at your campus, and/or the community, to expand our ability to save lives, by becoming one of our "1,000 Cranes for Hope."
HOPE is why Cerritos Councilwoman Laura Lee is sponsoring an "APAMSA/A3M" bone marrow drive at the Cerritos Friendship Festival on Saturday, February 7, 2009, between Noon - 4 PM. "It stemmed from a call from Elena Ong, the National Coordinator of "The Gift of Hope," who asked if I would organize a bone marrow drive for President Obama's National Day of Service at our MLK Event in Cerritos. I wanted to do so, but because Elena and I were going to be at the Inauguration, I offered to pledge-it-forward. "Pledging-it-forward" is what community leaders, like me, who are already registered in the national database, can do. In order to be successful, we have lead, not only by registering our selves, but by taking to the next level, registering hundreds, thousands, more bone marrow donors. I'm pledging-it-forward because of the "Faces of HOPE," the people in need, the hundreds of AAPIs whose only chance for survival depends on your willingness to register, and get other AAPIs to register, in the National Marrow Program. I hope you'll pledge-it-forward too."
http://www.aadp.org/pages/page.php?pageid=51 - Asian American Donor Program (AADP)
http://www.asianmarrow.org/facesofhope/searching_patients.htm - Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches (A3M)
http://www.cllf.org/index.php/Focus-Patients/ - Cammy Lee Leukemia Foundation (CLLF)
http://www.samarinfo.org/patients.asp - South Asian Marrow Association of Recruiters (SAMAR)
"Be a hero, become one of our 1,000 Cranes for Hope. Register to donate your bone marrow today, physicians will be able to save precious time in saving a patient's life, and enabling the patient to live a productive life, for themselves, and for their families. Or invite APAMSA to conduct a bone marrow drive on your campus during May, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month." said Lawrence Kim, an APAMSA student at UCI who co-organized APAMSA/A3M's Bone Marrow Drive at the Long Beach MLK Day Parade and Health Pavilion for President Obama's National Day of Service on January 17, 2009.
"Be a hero, become one of APAMSA's 1,000 Cranes for Hope. If you're organizing an API Summit, or APA Heritage Month event in your community, invite APAMSA and one of the National Marrow Donor Programs: AADP, A3M, Cammy Lee or SAMAR to conduct a bone marrow drive at your APA Heritage Month event. If you register your "1,000 Cranes for Hope" drive at www.usaservice.org by March 1, 2009, your group might even get a chance to get a phone call from Yul Kwon, Cook Islands Survivor," said Elena Ong, National Coordinator of "The Gift of Hope" - 2009 Presidential Inaugural Committee's National Day of Service. For more information about how to register your event, contact elena.ong.1@gmail.com.
AADP http://www.aadp.org 800-59-DONOR carol@aadp.org Northern California & other parts of nation
A3M http://www.asianmarrow.org 888-A3M-HOPE ssugiyama@aadp.org Southern California & other parts of nation
Cammy Lee http://www.cammylee.org 212-290-2757 cammy_cllf@cllf.org New York & other parts of nation
SAMAR http://www.samar.org 718-592-5848 samar@samarinfo.org New York & other parts of nation
NMDP http://www.marrow.org 336-769-0836 mailto:dbrookie@nmdp.org Denise Brookie, East Region Recruitment Director
NMDP http://www.marrow.org 612-627-5840 mailto:slovelac@nmdp.org Steve Lovelace, Central Region Recruitment Director
NMDP http://www.marrow.org 206-729-1130 mailto:kallen@nmdp.org Kim Allen, West Region Recruitment Director
Every day, 6,000 men, women and children's lives hang in the balance.
They have one HOPE.
They HOPE to LIVE.
Without YOU, they may not get that opportunity, because they have life-threatening blood-related diseases that can only be cured with a bone marrow transplant.
YOU could be the HOPE that enables them to live a full and productive life.
HOPE means registering to be a bone marrow donor in the National Marrow Donor Program Registry, because increasing the number of bone marrow registrants greatly increases the chances of finding a timely, and compatible match for a patient in need of a bone marrow transplant.
HOPE is why Yul Kwon, the CBS Cook Islands winner in Survivors, is the national spokesperson for the National Marrow Program and why he led our call to action for President Obama's National Day of Service. Yul knows about the meaning of HOPE, first hand. His college room mate passed away because his room mate couldn't find a "perfect bone marrow match" in time. This can be prevented if thousands more AAPIs register to donate their bone marrow in 2009.
HOPE is why hundreds of AAPIs across America answered President Barack Obama's call to action, and participated in the 2009 Presidential Inaugural Committee's National Day of Service, "The Gift of Hope." The weekend of January 17-20, 2009, hundreds of AAPIs, from New York to California, volunteered to give "The Gift of HOPE" by registering to donate their bone marrow to save another human life.
HOPE is why dozens of AAPI elected officials and community leaders, many of whom are already registered in the bone marrow registry, volunteered to "pledge-it-forward" by organizing an AAPI bone marrow drive in their community between Lunar New Years and May 2009 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
HOPE is why the Asian Pacific American Medical Students Association (APAMSA) is addressing President Obama and Yul Kwon's call to action, by launching "A Thousand Cranes for HOPE" at APAMSA's/AADP's bone marrow drive at Stanford University, where Vinca Chow, APAMSA's National Bone Marrow Director, is a first year medical student. "In the atmosphere of hope and transformative vision accompanying the new administration, APAMSA students from medical schools across the nation have pledged to recruit 1,000 potential bone marrow donors by APA Heritage Month." Vinca will be encouraging over than 500 minority students wattending the Stanford University Minority Medical Alliance (SUMMA) to become a bone marrow donor, and/or "pledge-it-forward" by sponsoring a bone marrow drive on their respective campuses. If you would like to register to donate your bone marrow, please come to the APAMSA/AADP Marrow Registration booth at Stanford University's James H. Clark Center, 318 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, on February 7, 2009, between noon to 5 pm.
"HOPE is why we are inspired by President Obama's Call to Action and by the personal stories of patients whom we encounter as medical students. We are committed to bringing "The Gift of HOPE" to those in need of life-saving bone marrow transplants," said Shelly Choo, President of APAMSA, a medical student organization that represents 20% of all medical students in the United States. "APAMSA would be honored to work with organizations interested in answering President Obama's call to National Service, and hope you will invite APAMSA to come to an APA Heritage Month event you are organizing at your campus, and/or the community, to expand our ability to save lives, by becoming one of our "1,000 Cranes for Hope."
HOPE is why Cerritos Councilwoman Laura Lee is sponsoring an "APAMSA/A3M" bone marrow drive at the Cerritos Friendship Festival on Saturday, February 7, 2009, between Noon - 4 PM. "It stemmed from a call from Elena Ong, the National Coordinator of "The Gift of Hope," who asked if I would organize a bone marrow drive for President Obama's National Day of Service at our MLK Event in Cerritos. I wanted to do so, but because Elena and I were going to be at the Inauguration, I offered to pledge-it-forward. "Pledging-it-forward" is what community leaders, like me, who are already registered in the national database, can do. In order to be successful, we have lead, not only by registering our selves, but by taking to the next level, registering hundreds, thousands, more bone marrow donors. I'm pledging-it-forward because of the "Faces of HOPE," the people in need, the hundreds of AAPIs whose only chance for survival depends on your willingness to register, and get other AAPIs to register, in the National Marrow Program. I hope you'll pledge-it-forward too."
http://www.aadp.org/pages/page.php?pageid=51 - Asian American Donor Program (AADP)
http://www.asianmarrow.org/facesofhope/searching_patients.htm - Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches (A3M)
http://www.cllf.org/index.php/Focus-Patients/ - Cammy Lee Leukemia Foundation (CLLF)
http://www.samarinfo.org/patients.asp - South Asian Marrow Association of Recruiters (SAMAR)
"Be a hero, become one of our 1,000 Cranes for Hope. Register to donate your bone marrow today, physicians will be able to save precious time in saving a patient's life, and enabling the patient to live a productive life, for themselves, and for their families. Or invite APAMSA to conduct a bone marrow drive on your campus during May, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month." said Lawrence Kim, an APAMSA student at UCI who co-organized APAMSA/A3M's Bone Marrow Drive at the Long Beach MLK Day Parade and Health Pavilion for President Obama's National Day of Service on January 17, 2009.
"Be a hero, become one of APAMSA's 1,000 Cranes for Hope. If you're organizing an API Summit, or APA Heritage Month event in your community, invite APAMSA and one of the National Marrow Donor Programs: AADP, A3M, Cammy Lee or SAMAR to conduct a bone marrow drive at your APA Heritage Month event. If you register your "1,000 Cranes for Hope" drive at www.usaservice.org by March 1, 2009, your group might even get a chance to get a phone call from Yul Kwon, Cook Islands Survivor," said Elena Ong, National Coordinator of "The Gift of Hope" - 2009 Presidential Inaugural Committee's National Day of Service. For more information about how to register your event, contact elena.ong.1@gmail.com.
AADP http://www.aadp.org 800-59-DONOR carol@aadp.org Northern California & other parts of nation
A3M http://www.asianmarrow.org 888-A3M-HOPE ssugiyama@aadp.org Southern California & other parts of nation
Cammy Lee http://www.cammylee.org 212-290-2757 cammy_cllf@cllf.org New York & other parts of nation
SAMAR http://www.samar.org 718-592-5848 samar@samarinfo.org New York & other parts of nation
NMDP http://www.marrow.org 336-769-0836 mailto:dbrookie@nmdp.org Denise Brookie, East Region Recruitment Director
NMDP http://www.marrow.org 612-627-5840 mailto:slovelac@nmdp.org Steve Lovelace, Central Region Recruitment Director
NMDP http://www.marrow.org 206-729-1130 mailto:kallen@nmdp.org Kim Allen, West Region Recruitment Director
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