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Blood, Bone Marrow Drive To Run Through Friday In Wilbur Cross
Caitlin Emma
Issue date: 4/9/08 Section: News
"We felt it would be socially irresponsible to walk away from it when thousands of people are looking for a bone marrow transplant every day," said Michael Guglielmo, Giovanni's father and the Executive Director of New England for DKMS Americas.
"It makes you speechless to know that people are living because of your efforts and the efforts of everyone who has joined you to save lives," Guglielmo said. "It's so easy to do that it's a travesty that people are dying because there aren't enough people in the bone marrow registry."
"I find it absolutely amazing that we are getting results," said Krystle Rollins, Giovanni's cousin and a member of Save Giovanni's Friends. So many times a bone marrow drive will start for only one purpose and stop. With our cause, we thought, we already have the name out there, why not sign up more people? It's what it's all about."
Save Giovanni's Friends has successfully become the largest patient-driven bone marrow drive in history, saving nine lives and logging roughly 13,000 donor registrations.
For more information on how to register as a donor or donate to Save Giovanni's Friends, please visit www.savegiovanni.org.
Contact Caitlin Emma at
Caitlin.Emma@UConn.edu.
"It makes you speechless to know that people are living because of your efforts and the efforts of everyone who has joined you to save lives," Guglielmo said. "It's so easy to do that it's a travesty that people are dying because there aren't enough people in the bone marrow registry."
"I find it absolutely amazing that we are getting results," said Krystle Rollins, Giovanni's cousin and a member of Save Giovanni's Friends. So many times a bone marrow drive will start for only one purpose and stop. With our cause, we thought, we already have the name out there, why not sign up more people? It's what it's all about."
Save Giovanni's Friends has successfully become the largest patient-driven bone marrow drive in history, saving nine lives and logging roughly 13,000 donor registrations.
For more information on how to register as a donor or donate to Save Giovanni's Friends, please visit www.savegiovanni.org.
Contact Caitlin Emma at
Caitlin.Emma@UConn.edu.
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