Wednesday, October 12, 2011
AAU BASKETBALL TRYOUTS IN ARDENWOOD
The Tri-City Thunder, a U12 elite-level AAU travel basketball team based in Ardenwood, will be holding individual tryouts for the upcoming 2012 season. Last season, the first year Thunder travelled to Reno, Las Vegas, and a host of other locales and won 47 games on the season with multiple tournament championships. Call Anthony at 510-502-8669 or email ajlynch37@yahoo.com for more information. http://tricitythunderbasketball.blogspot.com/.
SAMEER'S BONE MARROW DRIVE
Sameer is an 8 year child of Indian origin from the Fiji Islands now living in Fremont, CA. He was diagnosed with Leukemia at age 2½ and spent 4 years fighting the deadly disease. While expectations for survival were grim, Sameer shocked the medical community by defeating the ruthless cancer and the complications that arose from it. His commitment to live and willingness to keep fighting has made him a SUPERHERO in our community.
While the initial treatments achieved remission, as of October 2011, the leukemia cells have returned, with a vengeance, and his only chance for a cure is to receive a bone marrow transplant. Because Sameer is an ethnic minority in the U.S. and has a very unique tissue type, a donor has not yet been found in the U.S. National Marrow Donor Program registry. He will most likely find his match within his own ethnic group of other Indians.
How many of us will ever have the opportunity to save the life of another human being? It is a rare gift for both the donor and the patient. And in some cases, there is only one match in a million, you might be the one and only person in the world who has a matching tissue type for a particular patient. You can be a real life SUPERHERO just like Sameer!
Please take a few minutes to come by and get checked to see if you are a match for Sameer. Testing is quick and painless, a simple cotton swab to the mouth could start the process of saving a life. Please check the following websites for testing sites.
www.savesameer.com
www.aadp.org/drive
www.marrow.org – to learn more about facts and myths about marrow donation.
While the initial treatments achieved remission, as of October 2011, the leukemia cells have returned, with a vengeance, and his only chance for a cure is to receive a bone marrow transplant. Because Sameer is an ethnic minority in the U.S. and has a very unique tissue type, a donor has not yet been found in the U.S. National Marrow Donor Program registry. He will most likely find his match within his own ethnic group of other Indians.
How many of us will ever have the opportunity to save the life of another human being? It is a rare gift for both the donor and the patient. And in some cases, there is only one match in a million, you might be the one and only person in the world who has a matching tissue type for a particular patient. You can be a real life SUPERHERO just like Sameer!
Please take a few minutes to come by and get checked to see if you are a match for Sameer. Testing is quick and painless, a simple cotton swab to the mouth could start the process of saving a life. Please check the following websites for testing sites.
www.savesameer.com
www.aadp.org/drive
www.marrow.org – to learn more about facts and myths about marrow donation.
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