Gracepoint Fellowship Berkeley will be hosting AADP (Asian American Donor Program) as they hold a Bone Marrow Drive at 1st Presbyterian Church gym this Friday, 7/24, from 5-6:45pm. Please help out by adding yourself to the database. Download the flyer.
Especially since the Asian American participation in bone marrow drive is usually relatively low, I’m so glad we’re doing this good cause and responding to this crucial need!
lets do this!!!
Thanks for your support everyone! The AADP rep was amazed b/c we had about 200 people who became donors or signed up to become one (she ran out of kits for those who had to just sign up). She only expected 50 (because I told her we have a congregation of about 500 on Friday nights at Bible study). She said usually, for a typical congregation, only 10% of the people show up for drives and on a good day, she will get 150 people for a congregation of 800, and then only if the actual patient gets up on stage and says something. So she thought, “hmm, 500 people, I should expect about 50,” and in the end, our members were filling Vietnamese language donor forms b/c she ran out. THANK YOU again for your support.
I really hope we can be of help.