05.19.08
Michelle Maykin
Michelle Maykin was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in February 2007. Right now, she’s down to the last few weeks and needs to find a bone marrow match by JUNE 21. She is of Chinese/Vietnamese descent and it is more likely she’ll find a match within the same ethnic/racial group.
Right now, there is a team, Project Michelle, who is organizing donor drives all over… at schools, offices, etc. They are calling out to people to help by getting registered as a donor or helping to organize donor drives where registrations will be expedited and processed against Michelle’s bone marrow type.
Think about it, if you register and match… you could save Michelle’s life. If you don’t match, you could still be saving someone else who desperately needs a match. According to Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches, there is an unfortunate lack of Asian donors in the national registry… and we need to change that!!!
For more info about Michelle Maykin and Project Michelle:
http://www.projectmichelle.com
Donor Info:
http://www.asianmarrow.org/donors/
http://www.aadp.org/pages/page.php?pageid=3
Registering in NorCal:
http://www.aadp.org/pages/page.php?pageid=8
Registering in SoCal:
http://www.asianmarrow.org/drives/index.php
Register at HOME:
http://www.aadp.org/pages/register.php
Article on AngryAsianMan:
http://www.angryasianman.com/2008/05/project-michelle-bone-marrow-donors.html
Thank you so much for your time. If you have any questions or would like to get more involved with Project Michelle or setting up a donor drive, let me know and I can direct you to some peeps.
And of course, if you can spread the word… please do.