>From Tracey Keij-Denton: Hello everyone,
I apologize that I haven't spoken to many of you in awhile, but I thought this was an important email to send to just about everyone. I'm feeling confident this will work out, but I'm still forwarding this email anyway, I suppose for karma reasons. Here's some links to news coverage: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20256800,00.html http://news.aol.com/health/article/jasmina-anema-bone-marrow-donor/369967 http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/basketball/knicks/blog/2009/03/lets_help_jasmina.html This was forwarded to me from a friend whose daughter is in Jasmina's class. Some of you may have seen it on the news today. I am sending it for those of you who may not have heard about it. many thanks, lisa usdan ************** Dear All, Jasmina is in Kindergarten at PS41 with Basil. In January this year she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of leukemia. At the moment Jasmina is in the hospital and will remain there as she undergoes 3 months of aggressive chemotherapy. After that she will require a bone marrow transplant. It will be critical for her survival. Jasmina is adopted and so there are no blood-relations to turn to for a match for her bone marrow type. They will have to use an international registry. Jasmina is African-American, which makes finding a match even more difficult as African-Americans are underrepresented in the registry worldwide. And this is where we all come in... Below is a link to the donor drive website, which I encourage you to send to EVERYONE you know. If you are in NYC, there will be a drive on March 7th at PS41 (6th Avenue and 11th Street) from 10:00am-2:00pm. If you cannot make the in-person drive,* please consider joining the registry by ordering a test kit*. The test is simple - just a swab of the inside of your cheek. Please spread this message as far and as quickly as you can - through your schools, caregivers, offices, pediatricians, teachers, swimming class, church, gym, building supers, subway carriage, private phone call to the Obamas.....time really is of the essence so please think big and think wide.... which brings to mind Oprah if anyone has her email.... ! Someone somewhere out there knows someone who is a match and can be the one to help find them. You can find more information on the website www.oneforjasmina.com <http://www.oneforjasmina.com/>< http://www.oneforjasmina.com/ > There is also a special link on the website called "pass the pod." If you would like to post a small pod that hosts the video and registration form on your personal website click "pass the pod" and you can upload it. Watch the video, register, then pass the pod. It goes without saying that THIS is what truly constitutes a crisis in anyone's life. So please do more than just thanking your lucky stars that this isn't your child. Please put yourself in Jasmina's mother's place and do everything you can. Register as a donor, donate to Saturday's event either to the auction, bake sale or DKMS direct, donate financially to Jasmina's medical expenses and if nothing else, get this message straight out of your inbox and out to your address book. Thank you, thank you thank you! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [email protected] OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
