News

01-05-12

Kyle’s Campaign!

Kyle, a recently diagnosed 4 year old Chinese/Caucasian patient needs your help in finding a donor to cure his Aplastic Anemia. He will be having drives in the Bay Area this month hosted by AADP.



San Mateo
Saturday, January 7, 2012
1am – 2pm
Serendipity School
3172 Clearview Way, San Mateo, CA 94402

San Francisco
Saturday, January 14, 2012
12pm – 3pm
Haight Ashbury Free Clinics
558 Clayton Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

**Please help support this sweet little boy by coming out and spreading the word about these drives!



01-01-12

Les Grand Ballets Dancers in Canada Greeting!

How awesome! The Nutcracker dancers from Les Grand Ballets in Canada wishes a “Hapa New Year!” Thanks Hamilton, Kyle and Christin for your support for Mixed Marrow and film Mixed Match!



12-25-11

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year from Mixed Marrow!

Here is a very sweet card we got from Maya who received her lifesaving transplant last year!




12-24-11
On Air in Korea!

Thanks to Arirang Radio in Korea for sharing our mission and speaking with us!! Hopefully we can get Korea talking about this important issue!



12-02-11

Krissy Kobata in Glamour!

Check out Krissy Kobata featured in the January 2012 issue of Glamour magazine! Krissy shares her story with readers and encourages them to donate!




10-26-11

Patient Imani and Mixed Marrow Featured on CNN!


Check out CNN’s site for the full story here.



10-25-11


Ohio State University Adds 187 New Donors to the Registry!


OSU’s Hapa Student Association and Indian American Association had an amazing turnout today at their drive! Way to go OSU! Awesome job at bringing more lifesavers to the registry!!



10-4-11

Amazing Patient and Donor First Time Meet at A3M’s Annual Benefit

Maya and Family with donor, Rosanne


Six year old patient, Maya met her donor, Roseanne for the first time on the stage of A3M’s annual benefit that celebrated their 20th year this year! Maya, of Indian and Caucasian descent, suffered from HLH (Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis) before finding her match, Roseanne, a donor from Hawaii. Because of Roseanne’s selfless act, Maya can be a normal little girl once again.

Learn more about A3M and the amazing work they do here.



8-6-11

Join Us at Vancouver’s First Official Mixed Race Festival, HAPA-PALOOZA!


“Hapa-Palooza: A Vancouver Celebration of Mixed-Roots Arts and Ideas is a new cultural festival that celebrates the city’s identity as a place of hybridity, synergy and acceptance. A vibrant fusion of music, dance, literary, artistic and film performances, Hapa-Palooza places prominence on celebrating and stimulating awareness of mixed-roots identity, especially amongst youth.”

Mixed Marrow will be teaming up with OneMatch, Canada’s National Registry to host a drive at this amazing event on Saturday, September 10th (2:00pm – 6:00pm)!

Learn more about the festival by visiting the Hapa-palooza website or their facebook page.

** E-mail us at donate@mixedmarrow.org if you have any questions about this drive!


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