STARTING NEXT WEEK! WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2004 Kicks Off the 3rd Annual Greater Boston Area Community Wide Bone Marrow Drive!
During the month of September 2004, the Community Sickle Cell Support Group and the Colonel Charles E. McGee Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen Inc, will partner with various organizations and locations to try and get 4000 people on the National Bone Marrow Registry
Roxbury, MA (PRWEB) July 17, 2004 -- September is "National Sickle Cell Awareness Month." On September 1, 2004 the Community Sickle Cell Support Group (CSCSG), Inc. of Roxbury, MA and the Colonel Charles E. McGee Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen Inc (CCEM-TAI) located at Hanscom Air Force Base, will host the first of series of Bone Marrow Drives throughout Greater Boston Area. The first Bone Marrow Drive is tentatively scheduled at the State House September 1, 2004. We are also are having a drive September 8 at Hanscom Air Force Base, September 14 at Codman Square, 15th Roxbury Comprehensive, September 16th Dimock Community Health Center, September 18 at City Hall in Malden for Malden Day, September 25th at Tufts-NEMC, September 28th in conjunction with the Sickle Cell Stamp Unveiling, September 29th at City Hall with the Boston Public Health Commission. We would like you to assist us in encouraging not only African Americans, Asian-Americans ,Hispanic Americans but also all people of color to participate in the screening and join the National Registry by joining us.
Our goal is to increase the registry by at least 4000 qualified volunteers who are committed to answering the call. A bone marrow donor can save the life of an individual stricken with deadly blood disease, such as sickle cell or cancer. We strongly believe this can be accomplished by your presence. To ensure this, we are planning to collaborate with the Latin Professionals Network, National Association of Asian American Professionals, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, The National Black MBA Association - Boston Chapter, Partners, and the National Council of Negro Women-Greater Boston Section and Dana Farber. We hope to reach a broad aspect of this population. Although this drive was originally focused on increasing the number of people of color on the registry, no one will be turned away and we currently working on securing funding to make sure we have funding to cover the testing fee. As it is now people of color or mixed races will be tested for free.
September 1 State House
September 8 Hanscom Air Force Base MA
September 14 Codman Square Health Center
September 18 Malden "Malden Day"
September 28 New Covenant Christian Church, Dorchester MA
September 29 City Hall (Boston Public Health)
The Event is Being Sponsored by
Whole Foods, Walgreens (local), The Best of Boston, Michele Topor- Boston North End Tours, The Air Force Association, The Colonel Charles E McGee Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen, The Tuskegee Airmen Motorcycle Club, Hot 97.7, Comlax, New England Marrow Donor Program, The National Council of Negro Women Greater Boston Section, Harvard Vanguard, First Command Bank ,Hanscom Federal Credit Union, Lucille Tannis, AAFES/Commissary and BX,
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
Contact Information:
Nichole King-Campbell
781-377-9142
eve.mccloud@hanscom.af.mil
Nichole.Kingcampbell@hanscom.af.mil
www.cscsginc.org
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