Donor Heroes Stories

Back in 2007, I was at a nightclub where a friend was hosting an event with the Asian American Donor Program. Yes, this was where I registered as a donor with a simple q-tip swab of my cheek ...
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    That is NOT a picture of me donating blood. That is a picture of me saving someone's life. Yeah, as corny as it sounds, that is what happened last year. I donated my stem cells to ...
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Andy registered to be a marrow donor in December 2014 at the University of California at Santa Cruz.  Andy really had no idea what he was signing up for at the time, multiple friends were persuading ...
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  Kristine donated her marrow to Mailyna. Kristine lives in Providence, Rhode Island, where she teaches English to 9th to 12th graders at the Wheeler School, a coeducational, independent day ...
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Asha registered to be a donor in 2009 at a student donor drive at UC Berkeley. At that time, she had little idea of what she wanted to study, but knew she wanted to impact the lives of others in a ...
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In 2008, Vincent Pan registered with AADP to be listed on the National Marrow Donor Registry (now called Be The Match). He never dreamed he would be contacted as a match to help save someone's life. ...
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Donor Profile Name: Cao Pham Ethnicity: Vietnamese Occupation: Student, UC Davis Registered: Spring 2009 Donation Process: PBSC Donation Year: Winter 2009 A Simple Selfless Act Can Help Save a ...
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In 1993, I decided to attend the Nihonmachi Street Fair in San Francisco. I came across the AADP information table and the staff made a compelling case- that the most matches are made from donors ...
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In January 2008, Kumar initially donated his stem cells. The patient was in remission, but with the patient’s cancer cells coming back, doctors were hopeful that another stem cell transplant would ...
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I was pretty excited when I got picked. I felt like I was lucky in a way. The donor program gave me an update on his health, and said that he had left the hospital and that he was doing well. ...
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Friends ask if I’d be willing to donate again if I was a match, of course I would… wouldn’t you? What if someone in your family needs a donor? Until there’s a cure for these diseases, we will always ...
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Jona Garland lived like any normal kid through-out her teenage years. Then, unexpectedly in 2005, her family was told her cancer had relapsed and that this time, chemotherapy wasn’t going to work. ...
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