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Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry
3111 Los Feliz Ave. #206
Los Angeles, CA 90039
Tel: (323) 663 – 3609
Fax: (323) 662 – 3648
ANGELS TAKE FLIGHT
Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry Launches
"Be An Angel, Save A Life" Campaign
To Establish Stem Cell Harvesting Center in Yerevan, Armenia
Glendale,CA – Spirits were high on Wednesday night at the Phoenicia
Restaurant, where friends and supporters of the Armenian Bone Marrow
Donor Registry (ABMDR) celebrated the launch of a campaign to raise
funds for the establishment of a unique medical center in Armenia.
Slated for completion in September of 2008, the Stem Cell Harvesting
Center, as the only center of its kind in the region, will bring the
life-saving procedure of stem cell transplantation within the reach of
many more patients, and will play a vital role in the treatment of
other diseases as well, such as many cancers, diabetes, and heart
ailments.
A capacity crowd of over 100 guests attended the "Be An Angel, Save A
Life" Campaign kick-off, including members of the medical profession,
social services organizations, and other interested civic
associations, as well as venerated religious and civic leaders.
Dr. Frieda Jordan, President of the ABMDR, shared her vision for the
Harvesting Center, and encouraged those in attendance to support the
project, stating, "The Stem Cell Harvesting Center in Yerevan will be
a source of pride for the global Armenian and non-Armenian
communities. When it is fully operational, the Center will be
instrumental in the preservation of countless lives that would
otherwise be lost."
The Wednesday night event lays the foundation for a fundraising
Telethon that the ABMDR will host and telecast internationally on
Sunday, April 13. Artin Manoukian, Chairman of the Be An Angel, Save
a Life Campaign, was pleased with the enthusiastic turnout for the
evening, noting "This kick-off sets us on course for an increasingly
healthy and productive fund drive leading up to April’s ABMDR Telethon
that will raise the necessary funds to realize the Registry’s dreams
of helping Armenians world-wide." He advised those present to promote
the telethon drive, which will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry is the first and only
organization of its kind in the Caucasian region and was founded in
1999 as an independent, non-governmental, non-profit organization,
whose mission is to ensure that every ethnic Armenian struck with a
life threatening blood-related illness is able to find hope for
long-term survival through the identification of a genetically
suitable bone marrow match.
For more information on the ABMDR and the Stem Cell Harvesting Center,
please contact Those who wish to learn more about the Registry may
contact ABMDR at 3111 Los Feliz Blvd., Suite 206, Los Angeles, CA; by
calling (323) 663-3609; or e-mailing abmdrla@sbcglobal.net .The
website for the Registry is .
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress