Saturday, June 15th:
Museum of Chinese in America
215 Centre Street
Between Howard & Grand St
12noon – 4pm

My childhood friend, Nina Louie, a 32-yr-old mother, has been battling stage IV lymphoma and it recently recurred in her brain.  She has endured 12 cycles of chemotherapy since last September and she now has just 7 weeks to find a bone marrow donor for a much needed stem-cell transfusion.

The problem is that Nina is mixed Chinese and Thai and the Asian population is so underrepresented in the national donor registries, that Nina and thousands of other Asian Americans have extremely low odds of ever finding a match.

But Nina is turning her misfortune into a call for action.  She’s launched a website: www.SaveNina.com and a facebook page (SaveNina) and she’s hosting dozens of Blood Marrow Typing drives all over the country to expand the donor registries for Americans of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage and to help make miracles for thousands of patients like her and their families.

And SaveNina is coming to NYC! If you are age 18-44, in overall good health, and would like to get registered, please take the time to come out and join us at any of these drives and help make a difference.  All we need is 15 minutes of your time, a cheek swab and some contact info and you’re done!  And should you be a match for someone in need, donating stem cells has improved vastly and it’s as easy as donating blood (hip bone extractions are no longer necessary in most cases).

Sunday, June 16th
Charles B. Wang Community Center
268 Canal St
At corner of Cortlandt Alley
12:30pm – 5pm

Friday, June 21st
Oversea Chinese Mission
154 Hester St
Between Elizabeth & Mott St
5:30pm – 8:30pm
(in the lobby)

Sunday, June 23rd
Oversea Chinese Mission
154 Hester St
Between Elizabeth & Mott St
3pm – 4:30pm
(2nd Floor)

Thanks and please pass this information on to friends and family that might be interested in going! You can follow SaveNina on facebook, check out a local news story on her:
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Save-Nina-Campaign-Goes-Viral-With-Hollywood-Help-210625421.html