Register as a Donor in Honor of Seun Adebiyi! Save Lives!
Date:
Sat Mar 20, 2010
- New York, NY
Date:
Sat Mar 20, 2010
At just 26-years-old,Seun Adebiyi is one of the most driven individuals you will ever meet. Seun has achieved nearly every life goal he has set for himself. A Nigerian 2009 Yale Law School graduate, Seun was diagnosed with leukemia while training for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games last year and needs a bone marrow transplant. Now his goal is to register 10,000 people as donors with DKMS, the largest bone marrow donor center in the world.
In June 2009, I was diagnosed with two rare and aggressive forms of cancer: lymphoblastic lymphoma and stem-cell leukemia.Most likely, my only chance for survival is a bone marrow transplant, but I am facing grim odds. African-Americans comprise only 8% of the registry, and receive transplants in the US only 17 % of the time.
My goal is to recruit 10,000 new donors with the help of DKMS but I cannot do it alone. I need Your help! Attend our first donor drive and register as a donor!
Saturday, March 20, 2010
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Harlem Children's Zone
35 East 125th Street (Madison Avenue), New York, NY Contact Alina Suprunova at alina@dkmsamericas.org
It costs DKMS $65 to tissue-type each new donor who registers. The goal is to register 10,000 donors, which would mean the lab fees would be $650,000. Since DKMS does not receive any funding from the Government, we need to come up with the money to help cover these costs. Click here to contrubute.
1-866-340-3567
