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Exclusive interview from the DKMS Get Swabbed PSA shoot
1. Why are you bringing awareness to this cause? Kara is a young girl and you have a young son so we’re wondering if, as a mother, you felt for her family.
Solange: Absolutely! As a mother and most importantly as a human being. I attended the DKMS gala a couple years ago, and hearing all of the success stories of finding and matching donors was life changing.
I think getting educated about how simple, yet transformative the process is was extremely eye opening. A lot of people don't understand that it's literally a cotton swab that determines if your a match.
New PSA featuring Solange Knowles Asks People Everywhere to Cure Blood Cancer
December 5, 2011 (NEW YORK) – DKMS, the world’s largest bone marrow donor center, is excited to announce the release of a new PSA featuring recording artist, actress, model and DJ, Solange Knowles. A longtime supporter of DKMS, she hit the turntables as DJ for the DKMS Gala after-party and hosted her own donor drive earlier this year. As a registered donor herself, Solange is using her voice to educate and empower people across the world. The PSA communicates DKMS’s mission to save lives by recruiting bone marrow donors for blood cancer patients.
Vogue reports on the inner beauty of bone marrow donation.
In the August 2011 issue of Vogue Magazine , inner beauty and outer beauty become one.
Turn directly to page 142 and nestled in the Health section is an inspiring story about Katharina Harf and her lifelong journey to save lives... while wearing OPI I love DKMS nail polish in limited edition red - proceeds of which will benefit DKMS's efforts to register new donors.
DKMS Donor Drives will Take Place at Major League Soccer Games in 7 Cities Across the U.S.
NEW YORK, N.Y. (June 23rd 2011) On Saturday, June 25th DKMS, the world’s largest bone marrow donor center will hold donor drives at Major League Soccer games in seven cities across the U.S. for 7-Year-Old Jonah Gomez, who suffers from blood cancer and needs a bone marrow transplant to survive. Donor drives will take place in Jonah’s home stadium of Salt Lake City as well as Pasadena, Washington D.C., San Jose, Philadelphia, Dallas and Kansas City. Those who cannot attend and register at the games can register online at www.GetSwabbed.org
The organization takes on Alice's wish in the U.S. by registering donors for free at www.GetSwabbed.org
(New York, NY) Alice Pyne, a terminally-ill British teenager became an online sensation after posting a wish list of things she would like to do before she dies on her personal blog. The teen, who has been battling Hodgkins Lymphoma for the last four years, recently found out that the cancer is spreading throughout her entire body. "I know that the cancer is gaining on me and it doesn't look like I'm going to win this one," she writes.
Love Hope and Strength and DKMS seek potential lifesavers!
The Love Hope Strength Foundation is an international, music-centric cancer charity dedicated to saving lives, one concert at a time. The mission is to save lives, right now, with the advances that have already been made in cancer care.
Love Hope Strength has teamed up with DKMS, the world’s largest marrow donor center, to expand our reach by conducting bone marrow drives at concerts, music festivals and events in the United States so that people, like founder James Chippendale himself, can find the match that will save their lives.
One-year-old Ayelet has a rare bone marrow failure disorder and will not survive if she doesn’t have a transplant soon. Ayelet is not alone. Leukemia and other blood cancers are the number one disease children die of in the U.S. Sadly no one in Ayelet’s family is a match so she has to rely on the kindness of strangers to save her life.
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Get Swabbed & Help Save One-Year-Old-Baby Ayelet & Others Like Her!
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 16, 2011)– Cequent Consumer Products brand Reese Towpower, the leading manufacturer for towing products and DKMS, the world’s largest bone marrow donor center teamed up for three lifesaving events during NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesALL -STAR WEEK in Charlotte, NC . The public will have an opportunity to get swabbed and save a potential life by registering to become a bone marrow donor with DKMS. Reese Towpower is a 2011 sponsor of JTG Daugherty Racing and 2000 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship driver, Bobby Labonte, who is driving the No.
Special Performance by Mary J. Blige - Rihanna, Pharrell, Eva Mendes, & Leighton Meester Attended the Gala & Joined the Fight Against Leukemia
NEW YORK – Thursday night the DKMS 5th Annual Gala raised a record 2.5 million dollars to support the fight against leukemia and other blood related cancers. The money raised at the star-studded gala, which took place at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City will help register nearly 30,000 bone marrow donors and work to save lives worldwide.
Katharina Harf, COO of DKMS Americas presented an award to Rihanna in recognition for her tireless work in the fight against leukemia. “Anyone can be affected by leukemia,” said Rihanna. ““It is the number one disease children in the U.S.
