Mar
29
Montreal animation writer and blogger Emru Townsend has been diagnosed with leukemia and needs a bone marrow donor. Emru needs your help.
Finding out if you’re a match requires just a cheek swab or simple blood test, and you are not under any obligation to follow through later.
Emru’s chances of finding a suitable donor are complicated by a lack of registered donors from minority groups. While the chances are higher if the potential donor is of African or West Indian descent, Emru’s match can come from anyone, from any ethnic background, in any country. And if you’re not a match for Emru, you may end up helping somebody else.
You can read more at the Montreal Gazette or BoingBoing. Then head on over to healemru.com (version française ici) to find out how you can sign up with your country’s donor registry.
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About George Favvas
George Favvas is a serial web entrepreneur based on Montreal, Canada. He's been involved in the web since 1994 and is currently the President of SmartHippo, a community-driven comparison shopping site for financial products and is the co-founder of Reflexity, Inc., a provider of customer acquisition solutions for financial companies.
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