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    WALK OF LIFE ATTRACTS HUNDREDS OF PARTICIPANTS

    Glendale News Press, CA
    May 6 2014

    Ninth annual event signed up most potential donors, raised most funds
    in its history.

    By Arin Mikailian May 6, 2014 | 6:53 p.m.

    The ninth annual Walk of Life benefiting the Armenian Bone Marrow
    Registry signed up the most potential donors and raised the most
    funds in the event's history.

    More than 500 people spent part of Saturday walking around Glendale
    Memorial Hospital, an effort that raised $80,000 and resulted in
    50 people joining the donor registry, said Dr. Frieda Jordan, the
    registry's president.

    "It was an excellent event," Jordan said. "We had turnout from many
    schools, universities, organizations ... it was great grass-roots
    support."

    Each individual who signed up gave a saliva sample via a mouth
    swab that will be tested to help determine if a potential donor's
    eligibility in moving toward saving a life, Jordan said.

    Like with all ethnic minorities, a bone-marrow match is more likely
    to come from within someone's own ethnicity, she said.

    The registry has signed up 26,000 people worldwide and bone marrow
    donations have helped save the lives of 20 people.

    Donors in the Armenian registry also become part of a larger network
    in case matches are also found among other races in different parts
    of the world.

    http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/tn-gnp-walk-of-life-attracts-hundreds-of-participants-20140506,0,4439011.story




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