(Excerpt from Asian American Donor Program news release)
San Francisco, CA – Kyle Crawford, 4, was diagnosed with aplastic anemia, on December 7, 2011. He is in urgent need of a marrow transplant, this is his only hope for long term survival. Kyle, who lives in San Mateo, is bi-racial — half Chinese and half Caucasian, making the search for a matching marrow donor difficult.
Vicky, who is 12, is Chinese American, and has not, as yet found a matching donor. A marrow transplant is the only cure for some people with leukemia and other blood cancers.
“We need everyone of Asian, multi-ethnic and ethnic minority ancestry to step forward and join the marrow registry,” says Carol Gillespie, executive director of the Asian American Donor Program (http://www.aadp.org). “There is a shortage of non-Caucasians on the Be The MatchR national registry. This means that patients have to wait longer than is ideal to find a match.”
AADP staff continues to provide education about the need and how relatively easy it is to register and to donate if needed. If you are found to be a match, the donation procedure will either be marrow collection or Peripheral Blood Stem Cell collection (PBSC). In Kyle’s case, marrow donation will probably be requested.
‧ Go to a drive and do a cheek swab to join the “Be the Match” national registry
Saturday, Jan. 14 from noon to 3 p.m.
Haight Ashbury Free Clinic
558 Clayton St., San Francisco, CA 94103
Tuesday, Jan. 17 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
University of California, San Francisco
500 Parnassus Ave. — Golden Gate room in Milberry Union
San Francisco, CA 94122
Wednesday, Jan. 18 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
University of California, San Francisco
500 Parnassus Ave. — Milberry Union Gym
San Francisco, CA 94122
Friday, Jan. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Kaiser South San Francisco
First floor at Alcove, across from green elevators
1200 El Camino Real
South San Francisco, CA 94080
Saturday, Jan. 21 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Kasturi Media, Lobby
780 Arastradero Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Saturday, Jan. 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Milpitas Public Library, Study Group Room A
160 N. First St.
Milpitas, CA 95035
Sunday, Jan. 22 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Chirst Church of the Bay Area
234 Ninth Ave.
San Mateo, CA 94401
Sunday, Jan. 22 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Chinese for Christ Church
2715 Prince St.
Berkeley, CA 94705
