ONE Math is launching today at Metrotown in Burnaby BC.
There is a desperate need in Canada to find matching bone marrow donors - especially for ethnic patients.
This is also the dilemma for James Erlandsen, of Chinese and Scandinavian heritage. Earlier this year, James' cousin Aynsley Meldrum contacted me to publish a story about the search for a matching donor for James. As a 18 year cancer survivor, I empathized with challenges that James was going through. I have met James several times and we named him honourary captain for the Gung Haggis Fat Choy dragon boat team. Please read my stories about James here: GungHaggisFatChoy :: James Erlandsen - leukemia fighter
Below is a new message from Aynsley Meldrum about ONE Match that she wrote to the Facebook group "Friends of James Erlandsen."
Hi Friends of James Erlandsen!
Wanted to let you know that there is a new, "fast & easy" system in place to test your compatibility as a donor of bone marrow and stem cells.
Go to http://onematch.ca
Spend 5mins online filling out forms, then give some saliva samples (NO NEEDLES!!!!) so that your DNA can be added to the OneMatch registry.
OneMatch reports that, "Currently OneMatch has an ethnic gap. About 85% of registered donors are Caucasian, with only 15% from other groups such as Asian, Indo-Canadian, Hispanic, Black or Aboriginal. Based on extensive medical research we know that the best outcome for a patient requiring a stem cell transplant is realized when the donor is someone in their own ethnic community."
So please go join, tackle your friends and co-workers and make them join.
More info:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWPcCAtuUo8
Peace
Ayns
Wanted to let you know that there is a new, "fast & easy" system in place to test your compatibility as a donor of bone marrow and stem cells.
Go to http://onematch.ca
Spend 5mins online filling out forms, then give some saliva samples (NO NEEDLES!!!!) so that your DNA can be added to the OneMatch registry.
OneMatch reports that, "Currently OneMatch has an ethnic gap. About 85% of registered donors are Caucasian, with only 15% from other groups such as Asian, Indo-Canadian, Hispanic, Black or Aboriginal. Based on extensive medical research we know that the best outcome for a patient requiring a stem cell transplant is realized when the donor is someone in their own ethnic community."
So please go join, tackle your friends and co-workers and make them join.
More info:
http://www.youtube.com/wat
Peace
Ayns
