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Past Events of 2010

Christmas/New Year Celebrations: Januray 17

2009 Christmas/2010 New Year Celebrations were held on January 17, 2010. Santhosh Nair (President), Prakash Menon (Vice President), Santhosh Pillai (Secretary), Boney Mathew (Joint Secretary), Ashley Elenjickal (Treasurer), 7 members and two youth representatives were nominated to the 2010 Executive Committee.

February 28: Bone Marrow Registration Drive for Anwin

If you haven’t registered to be a marrow donor please register with NMDP. Finding matching marrow for South Asians is really challenging as the registry got only very few members. You can register either through blood sample or through a swab of cheek cells. Collecting cheek cell is as easy as rubbing a swab against the inner side of your cheek few times and it takes less than a minute! The facts & myths about being a marrow donor can clear many of your fears to become a donor.

KAW has worked with NMDP Seattle Chapter and is arranging a Marrow Registry Drive (cheek swab method) on February 28th Sunday at 1 PM to 4 PM at Hindu Temple & Cultural Center, Bothell.

Address: 3818 212th ST SE, Bothell WA 98021
Ph: (425) 483-7115

Anwin & Abel Fund Raising Update:

EC 2009 would like to thank your generous support in the fund raiser for Anwin & Abel. We raised a total of $7,000 with the matching grants from Microsoft. We will be using these funds for the Bone Marrow Transplant of Anwin, once he gets the match.

Abel successfully underwent Stem Cell Transplant during the third week of January from his twin sister. He is still monitored at Vellore hospital for any post transplant reactions/complications.

Anwin has very low cell count, that makes him very susceptible to various infections. While Abel was undergoing SCT, Anwin got kidney infection and admitted to Vellore Hospital ICU for couple of weeks in critical condition. He has survived the situation and has been discharged from the hospital now.

In the month of November 2009 Anwin had got 4 potential matches from German marrow registry, and everybody was hoping one of them to match in the high resolution matching process. But unfortunately all of them turned negative. The family is in desperate search for a matching marrow donor.

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