3rd Annual DKMS Linked Against Leukemia Gala

May 7, 2009 at Cipriani in New York City

On Thursday, May 7th, DKMS will host it's 3rd Annual Linked Against Leukemia Gala. The special evening will be held at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. Mario Cantone will host the event for a second year in a row, and this year, Joe Uva, CEO of Univision Communications Inc. will be honored with the Metchild Harf Award.

This past May at the 2nd Annual DKMS Gala, we honored Cindy Crawford, who lost her brother to leukemia, and Manny Chirico, CEO of Philips-Van Heusen, who is a lymphoma survivor. Natasha Bedingfield performed for more than 700 guests including DMC, Eva Mendes, and Amy Ryan. The Linked Against Leukemia Gala raised over $1.2 million in support of DKMS' efforts to save lives of blood cancer patients.

More details to follow.