[AAA] Get Swabbed: Today & Tomorrow in Lobby 10! Register to be a Bone Marrow Donor!

[Ami Wang]

*sponsored by DKMS Bone Marrow Donor Center*
*hosted by MIT CSC, MIT AAA, MIT Team HBV, ARCTAN, CAC*
*SAVE A LIFE
GET SWABBED*
Bone Marrow Donor Registration

*Meet Janet Liang.* Currently 25 years old and living in the San Francisco
Bay Area, Janet was a student at UCLA studying international development
until she was diagnosed with *acute lymphoblastic leukemia*. [Watch her
nationwide plea here <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSn2T45TneA>.] While
her case has been the most widespread across the nation, there are
countless others who *suffer *as she does. Her case brought to light the
fact that Asian Americans only constitute *7.2%* of nationally registered
potential marrow/stem cell donors, and only *40%* of these people who are
asked to donate actually donate.

*So how can you help?* We ask of you only *5 minutes* of your time to get
swabbed and become registered as a potential bone marrow donor. With new
technology, the actual process of donating can be *painless*. You will only
be contacted in a *life or death* situation, and the chances of actually
being someone's match is only* 0.01%*.

*Who: EVERYONE
Where: Lobby 10
When: May 2, May 3
11 AM- 4 PM
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Visit us on facebook
here<http://www.facebook.com/events/368929139810693/?ref=ts>
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To learn more about becoming a bone marrow donor visit the DKMS
website here<http://www.dkmsamericas.org/>
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*... and may the odds be ever in **THEIR** favor...*
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