Help Harrison - Are You His Bone Marrow Match?

Melissa Hung
December 13, 2006

If you can't make it to a donor drive, the AADP will send you a free home-testing kit free of charge.

For more info please see:

  • This website about Harrison and his family, how you get involved, and dates of upcoming donor drives.
  • The Asian American Donor Program. You can also call them at 1-800-59-DONOR (1-800-593-6667)
  • Matchmaker , a national program run by the Mavin Foundation dedicated to the recruitment of mixed race bone marrow donors.
    • Contributor: 

    Melissa Hung

    Founding Editor

    Melissa Hung is the founding editor of Hyphen. She was editor in chief for the magazine's first five years and went on to serve in many other leadership roles on the staff and board for more than a decade. A writer and freelance journalist, Melissa has written for NPR, Vogue, Pacific Standard, Longreads, and Catapult. She grew up in Texas, the eldest child of immigrants.

    Comments

    Comments

    Pharmacy Assoc... wrote on Sun, 01/21/2007 - 2:52pm
    Bone cancer was once prevalent among individuals who painted radium on watch faces (to produce glow-in-the-dark dials). WBR LeoP
    billy wrote on Sun, 01/21/2007 - 5:58pm
    Nice blog
    j wrote on Thu, 12/14/2006 - 2:49pm
    it's simple, and definitely worth 15 minutes of your time! help a (little) brother out!
    Ellie Hernandez wrote on Thu, 12/21/2006 - 8:51am
    Just to inform you Harrison's family has expanded their search to the NY Metro Area via DKMS Americas. We have already done a donor drive with them last night and can also send donor registration kits to people's homes.thank youEllieTransport Coordinator