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Andrew Park Finds Donor, Timothy Song 40+ Days Past Transplant!
26 Mar 2012 | No Comments | posted by cheekswab | in Blog
Andrew Park and his Dad
Andrew Park finds a bone marrow donor!
Andrew Park, the 17 year old boy from Illinois who ODPC honored with a bone marrow drive last month, is now in remission and has found a bone marrow donor in the registry!
From his father's blog:
Dr. Sonali started by saying since his chromosome 7 and 8 have diffused and with Andrew being in remission, his chances of survival just got much better and he is in IDEAL shape to go into transplant. Read more..
ODPC Drive Recap: 254 Registered Donors!
20 Feb 2012 | No Comments | posted by cheekswab | in Blog
ODPC Drive Volunteers
The bone marrow drive at Open Door Presbyterian Church on Sunday was an amazing display of generosity by not only the ODPC congregation but the community at large. In addition to the incredible response of members of ODPC, there were a number of visitors and volunteers at the drive who had heard of Andrew's cause via social media or the Internet and decided to come out to the drive to help or join the registry.
Joining Andrew's Army at ODPC
The amazing part about this drive was how invested ODPC was in the drive's promotion and success. Often times at churches marrow drives can become something of an afterthought or minor bullet on the itinerary. But ODPC, with its over 700 weekly attendees, went above and beyond the call of duty (in a very short 3 week period) to do all that they could to run a successful drive.
Read more..Swab for Andrew Park this Sunday (2/19) at ODPC, 9:45am – 2:00pm
17 Feb 2012 | No Comments | posted by cheekswab | in Blog
A reminder that there will be a bone marrow drive in honor of Andrew Park at Open Door Presbyterian Church (ODPC) in Herndon, VA from 9:45am - 2:00pm this Sunday in the gymnasium of the English Ministry building.
- For directions to ODPC, please click here.
- For more background on Andrew's story, read his father's blog.
- For questions and clarifications regarding what bone marrow registration is, what the registration process is like and if donating marrow hurts, please click through the rest of the content on cheekswab.org. If your question isn't answered anywhere here, please contact me.
Let's find Andrew a match this Sunday!