Hey loves, hope you're all packed and safely headed home! Below is a message from an alum. Her friend is in dire need of a bone marrow transplant. Just a reminder that it's no longer a painful procedure! It's completely painless thanks to technology. The link below will let you sign up to have a kit delivered for free to your house. Send it to your summer address! Many of you are already signed up from our drive with CSC last year, thanks :D But if you didn't have a chance, or you're a freshman... this is an easy, painless way to potentially save someone's life someday. <div>
<br></div><div>HAPPY SUMMERRRRR<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri">I am an MIT alumnus and am hoping that I can
inspire you and the other members of AAA to help save a fellow Asian’s life.<span>
</span>Currently, my friend Nina, an educated, exuberant, young wife and
mother, is unable to find a bone marrow donor match in the marrow registries to
help her combat lymphoma, and she has approximately 7 WEEKS to find
someone.<span> </span>As ethnicity matters and Asians
are typically underrepresented in bone marrow registries, it will require grass
roots efforts and individual heroes to register their marrow types in order for
a match of Nina’s type to be found.<span> </span>Even
if willing donors are not a match for Nina, once they are registered through a
simple, convenient and painless process, they remain in the registry. Once in
the registry, they will have the opportunity to save another life through
marrow donation, a procedure during which the donor experiences NO PAIN. <span> </span>It is as simple as going to this website
immediately to submit a FREE request to be mailed a simple home kit for a cheek
swab:</font></font></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><a href="http://www.asianmarrow.org/index.php/order-an-individual-kit" target="_blank"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri" size="3">http://www.asianmarrow.org/index.php/order-an-individual-kit</font></span></a><span><br>
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Please label the kit “VINIYA” in the promo section to help expedite the typing.</font></font></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri">If you would help us in our desperate search to find Nina a
bone marrow match by passing this on to your current members and any other
Asian community members you may know (also consider registering yourself), we
would be extremely grateful.<span> </span></font></font></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri">To learn more about Nina and how much she needs the Asian community
to rally and get typed, please see this Facebook page:</font></font></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ninaneedsyou" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri" size="3">https://www.facebook.com/ninaneedsyou</font></a></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri">It is a fact that most people in the Asian community that
donate marrow to save another person’s life say that it is the best thing that
they have ever done.</font></font></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri">Thank you for acting quickly.</font></font></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri">Sincerely,</font></font></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri">Nicole Mai Ling (DiFonzo) Diamond</font></font></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><div dir="ltr">MIT 2000, Course 7</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Jin Stedge</span><br style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">
<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics</span><br style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">MIT class of 2013</span></div>
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