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February 24, 2006
Urgent Bone Marrow Drive for Filipina American Filmmaker

If you are Asian American and not yet registered in the national registry, there are a series of drives being held to help save the life of Filipina American filmmaker Christine Pechera.

Christine's family has struggled a lot, with three of her four siblings battling cancer. Acording to her website: "Three days before New Years Day, Christine found out that her cancer was back. And this time, neither chemotherapy nor a stem cell transplant was going to work. Christine needed a bone marrow transplant, and to do that, she needed a matching donor."

Here are some upcoming drives:

Feb. 28 (Tuesday)
Asian American Donor Program Drive for Christine - Hosted by Samahang Pilipino. Sacramento State, First Floor, Student Union. Contact: Asia 800-593-6667

Mar. 2 (Thursday)
9 am to 3 pm
Red Cross Blood and Bone Marrow Drive - 350 S. Grand Avenue, ETC Room (enter from water court level), Los Angeles, 90071 On-site contact: Frances Miyamoto 213-553-1293 (office), 310-386-9247 (cell)

Mar. 4 (Saturday)
11 am to 4 pm
Goldilocks Bone Marrow Drive, West Covina - 2429 S. Azusa Avenue (at Amar) West Covina, CA 91792

Feb. 11, 18, 25 & March 4
Goldilocks Adopts Christine - Goldilocks Bakeshope and Fooshop has teamed up with A3M to adopt Christine's cause! The next four Saturdays, February 11, 18, 25 and March 4, Goldilocks will be hosting rotating Bone Marrow Drives at each of their Southern California locations. Please tell all you family and friends and sign up on the registry! The first drive will be at the Cerritos store on February 11. Check back on this website for upcoming drives at Goldilocks! www.goldilocks-usa.com

Mar. 17 (Friday)
8 am to 1 pm
Red Cross Blood and Bone Marrow Drive - Los Angeles, Disneyland Hotel, Marina Ballroom Foyer. On-site contact: Frances Miyamoto 213-553-1293 (office), 310-386-9247 (cell)

Posted by neela at February 24, 2006 2:41 PM


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