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Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 00:30:06 -0500 (EST)
From: Christina H Chen <chcst38+@pitt.edu>
To: my dear friends
Subject: Show your support for Leukimia patients


Dear Pittsburgh friends:
	As a freshman this year, I am very glad to know that in a city so
far from home, there is an organization called Tzu Chi that is promoting
volunteer work among the Asians. Their most recent project is to help
Asian leukimia patients through their recent Bone Marrow Drive.  Since I
am actively involved in the organization, I have urged many people to
donate little of their blood, about 15cc only. The blood sample will be
send to Asia's larget Bone Marrow Data Bank for HLA testing, to match them
with many leukimia patients.  
	Why am I so involved in this? First, I have heard so many sad
stories. I personally knew a friend who died of leukimia.  She had a
promosing life like all of us, with a great job, a loving husband, and two
children. She wanted so badly for that "someone" to appear and donate her
the bone marrow.  She desired so strongly for the donor to appear and give
her happy life, health and simply a chance to be alive. However, no
one's HLA in the data bank matched my friend's. Unfortunately, she left
us, those who loved her deeply. So, I decided to be actively involved in
bone marrow drives. Your blood sample in the data bank is very crucial to
many dying patients, like my dear friend.
	I sincerely invite all of you to come on SUNDAY APRIL 6TH at THE
MELLON INSTITUTE(Fifth and Bellefield)from 10AM to 3:30PM to give away
only 15cc of your blood(NOT bone marrow)
	I greatly appreciate your time in reading this message. Thanks to
many of you who have supported Tzu Chi in many ways.
		Christina Chen
	Publicist of Tzu Chi Student Club