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.
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.
Leighton Meester Joins The COTY-DKMS LINKED AGAINST LEUKEMIA Partnership to Raise Awareness about the Need for Bone Marrow Donors
New York: Leighton Meester will light the Empire State Building red and white on Thursday, April 28 at 10:30 a.m. in a special ceremony honoring the 5th Annual DKMS Gala, the Coty-DKMS Linked Against Leukemia partnership and the 20th anniversary of DKMS. The Empire State Building will light up the skies from sunset on Thursday until 2 a.m. on April 29th to help raise awareness of DKMS, the world's largest bone marrow donor center.
You can join the fight against leukemia by registering outside the Empire State Building. Find the DKMS-Coty bus and get swabbed.
Katharina Harf Hosts the DKMS 5th Annual Gala: Linked Against Leukemia Honoring Rihanna & Michael Clinton to be Held at Cipriani Wall Street on Thursday, April 28th - Special Performance by Mary J. Blige - Rihanna, Pharrell, Eva Mendes, & Leighton Meester Confirmed to Attend
NEW YORK – DKMS, the world’s largest bone marrow donor center, will further its fight against leukemia with the organization’s 5th Annual DKMS Gala on Thursday, April 28th at Cipriani Wall Street in NYC. Katharina Harf, COO of DKMS Americas will present an award to Rihanna in recognition for her tireless work in the fight against leukemia. The event will also honor Michael Clinton, president, marketing & publishing director at Hearst Magazines with the “DKMS-Linked Against Leukemia Award” for fighting cancer and supporting organizations and charities dedicated to the cause.
Segment will air live on January 20, 2011 at 8 AM on WPIX Channel 11
In honor of what would have been Shannon Skye Tavarez' 12th birthday this January 20th, her mother Odiney Brown is encouraging people form all over the country to register as bone marrow donors in her memory. Please watch her interview with Dr. Steve of WPIX Channel 11 news at 8 AM on January 20, 2011
Show your support to Odiney and the rest of the family and help keep Shannon's legacy alive.
Register as a donor at www.getswabbed.org. If you are already registered, ask someone you know to register...only WE can make that change and save some lives!!
Get Swabbed & Help Save One-Year-Old-Baby Ayelet & Others Like Her!
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.
HELP DKMS SAVE AYELET AND OTHERS!
ORGANIZE A BONE MARROW DONOR DRIVE:
#1 - Read the Instruction Sheet! This is how a donor is registered.
#2 - Watch this video!
Held on April 29 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City
The DKMS 4th Annual Gala: Linked Against Leukemia, held on April 29 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City, raised over $1.7M to support the fight against leukemia and other blood related cancers. The money raised jointly by Coty Inc., a leading global beauty company, and DKMS, the world's largest bone marrow donor center, will help register over 20,000 bone marrow donors and work to save lives worldwide.
University of Kansas Donor Drive Thursday May 6th
Jackson is just one-year-old and he is fighting for his life. The little boy has a fatal rare disease and needs a bone marrow transplant from a stranger to survive.
Students at the University of Kansas are organizing a lifesaving initiative in order to help Jackson and others, and they are receiving support from a very special KU alumnus: Paul Pierce.
"I always try to win the game for my fans," said Pierce, "and now I need your help to win the battle against leukemia. Sign up as a bone marrow donor with DKMS. YOU CAN SAVE A LIFE"
Thursday, April 29th at Cipriani 42nd Street
Special Performance by Jon Bon Jovi, Halle Berry, LA Reid, Melissa Etheridge, Estelle, Eva Mendes & Kylie Minogue Confirmed to Attend
NEW YORK – DKMS, the world’s largest bone marrow donor center, will further its fight against leukemia with the organization’s 4th Annual DKMS Gala on Thursday, April 29th at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City.
April 16 -17, 2010 at Palm Springs Riviera Hotel
Fans For Charity and DKMS hosted a two day party at the Music Loves Fashion event for Coachella 2010. New bone marrow donors were registered and thousands, who attended, were able to learn more about the need for bone marrow donors.
DKMS is deeply thankful to Fans for Charity and Music Loves Fashion for their continued support.
It is not too late to register as a bone marrow donor! Order a registration kit online. You might be the one to save a life!
www.FansForCharity.com
