My PC World Buddy Needs a Bone Marrow Transplant

I met Emru Townsend at CES in 2006 and I recognized him as a kindred spirit. He was funny, sarcastic, snide, and ever so fast with his snipes. He lives in Canada, so I stayed in touch by e-mail and read his blogs. The more we corresponded, the more I liked him.

At CES 2007 we hung around, along with my other snarky PCW buddy, Dan Tynan, and like adolescent geeks, teased and hassled every PR person that crossed our path. (Oh, like you wouldn't do the same. Right.)

Last December, Emru said he wasn't going to January's CES; then I noticed he was posting to his PC World blog only sporadically. It turned out that he has leukemia and needs a marrow transplant.

I'm determined to help spread the word to help him find a match. I'm hoping you'll help, too.

This from Emru's blog:

"While anyone, anywhere can be a potential match, his best chance for a match comes from a donor who shares his ethnic background. As the son of two African Caribbean parents, his chances are further diminished as blacks are underrepresented in bone marrow registries worldwide.

"You can help by registering for your country's bone marrow registry and spreading the word about the need to diversify its database. Registering can help save not only Emru's life, but that of one of the many other patients waiting for a bone marrow transplant."

How You Can Help
You really can help, if only by passing along this missive. These two posts (here and here) will give you more info on what you can do.

You might also considering registering with the National Marrow Donor Program in the U.S., in Canada, or in other countries.

Comments

I am Ron Giles from Better World Today Association and we are having our annual Camp 4 Compassion on July 18 -20. There will be entertainment and sporting activities such as bands, fashion show , dancing team, skipping team , helicopter rides and etc.
You can camp for the whole weekend or just come to the event.

It is a chance for families with blood cancers such as leukemia and other people that need bone marrow to come out with the public.

We promote the bone marrow registry in a non intrusive way.
Go to www.camp4compassion.com for more details.

Ron Giles
VP Better World Today Association
519-991-4919

BWTA

May 05, 2008

12:53 AM PT

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