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Filed at 12:10 p.m. ET

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- She lost a young friend to leukemia, but singer Rihanna (ree-AH'-nah) is still working to get help for those who suffer from the disease.

Rihanna was among the celebrities who submitted a request for funding to Pepsi's Refresh Project, which doles out $20 million to various causes.

Rihanna is trying to raise funds for DKMS, which tries to find bone marrow donors for those suffering from leukemia. Rihanna was active last year in trying to find donors for a 6-year-old girl who died last month.

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Lamar Odom was inspired by Jasmina's fight against leukemia and her struggle to find a bone marrow donor. He has helped DKMS register bone marrow donors and continues to be a voice for DKMS. This ABC Holiday Special features the making of a PSA with Jasmina's best friend, Isabelle, asking people to sign up as bone marrow donors - to give the gift of life. To view the ABC Holiday Special go to Click Here

We are very proud to announce that Pay it Forward with Jackie raised over $1600 for DKMS on Sunday, December 6th, 2009 at the Wal-Mart in Farmingdale, 901 Broadhallow Rd. (RT 110)

100% of the money raised at the Coins for a Cause will go towards the tissue-typing of the more than 2,700 people who signed-up as bone marrow donors to potentially help save Julianna and thousands of other patients just like her.

It costs DKMS $65 to tissue-type/register each new donor. While the cost is not made mandatory, DKMS needs to come up with the $200,000 to help cover these costs.

DKMS received an overwhelming response to the bone marrow donor drive held in honor of six-year-old Julianna Buttner who suffers from leukemia and is in need of a bone marrow transplant.

More than 2,700 people showed their support. Since it costs DKMS $65 to regsiter each new donor, we will now have to come up with more than $200,000 to have the samples tested.

A contribution in any amount will help us. Every dollar counts! With your support, we will be able to register all these potential bone marrow donors.

DKMS would like to thank the more than 2,600 individuals who attended the Life-Saving Bone Marrow Drive to help save patients stricken with leukemia, like six-year-old Julianna Buttner. The drive organized in her honor was a huge success.

While DKMS does not make the $65 registration cost mandatory, we do need your help to finance the fee as we do not receive Government funding. The registration of the more than 2,600 will cost DKMS $200,000. EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS! Please $donate$ today.

Thousands of people snaked around the Farmingville Fire Department Sunday, November 29th to register as bone marrow donors to help save the life of six-year-old Julianna Buttner and thousands of others just like her

The Newsday covered the story. Click here to read the article.

Read more about Julianna's fight against leukemia.

Anna Robinson beat back cancer a second time with the help of an anonymous bone marrow donor. Then, she began to wonder who was the person that gave a little of themselves to help save her life.

Katie Quinn, a regsitered DKMS donor, didn't even think twice about her decision to donate her blood stem cells to help save another human life, the life of Anna.

In the December issue of SELF Magazine, read the emotional story of Anna's courageous battle against leukemia and about Kate's experience as a bone marrow donor. Her committment help saved a young woman's life.

On Nov. 12, newlyweds Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom join 6 year-old Isabelle Huurman, to wrap holiday gifts and help promote DKMS’s "Give the Gift of Life" campaign, which urges bone marrow testing for life-saving transplants.

Isabelle's face is a familiar one. A few months ago, in a heartbreaking video, she urged people to register as bone marrow donors to help save her best friend, Jasmina Anema, and thousands of other patients just like her who suffer from leukemia. (Jasmina received a transplant in June.)

Rihanna was presented with her Woman of the Year award by supermodel Iman at Carnegie Hall.

Rihanna has been a great supporter of DKMS. When she learned of leukemia patients Lisa Flynn, a mother of two and Jasmina Anema, a precious six-year-old little girl, she put out a plea for help and mobilized thousands of people to sign-up as bone marrow donors.

Her efforts will help to save the lives of many women, men and children.

Click here to read more about Rihanna receiving this honor.