About Us
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The Asian American Donor Program (AADP) is a community non-profit (501c3) organization geared towards saving lives. We are an official recruitment group of the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) specializing in conducting outreach and donor drives in the Asian, Pacific Islander and Multi-racial communities.
AADP's logo, the origami crane, was chosen in fond memory of Sadako Sasaki. At age 11, Sadako was hospitalized with leukemia, the result of radiation poisoning from the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Sadako's friends told her that if she made a chain of a thousand cranes, Sadako's wish to live would come true. Sadako had finished 644 cranes when she died. Her friends completed the chain with the wish that others might live.
As news of Sadako's story spread, origami cranes from around the world began arriving as a sign of support and empathy for Sadako's efforts.
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