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Ohlone event to register donors MONITOR STAFF Ohlone College is hosting an event next month to register potential marrow/ stem cell donors. The registration drive, organized by the Ohlone College Asian Pacific American Student Association and the Asian American Donor Program, will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 10 outside Hyman Hall on the Fremont campus. The registration is part of an effort by the AADP to encourage more donors from Asian, Pacific Islander, African American, Latino, Native American and multiracial backgrounds to join the Donor Registry. Ethnicity is one of the
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key factors that determine whether donor marrow match can be made, and there is a critical shortage of donors from these backgrounds. To register, donors will need to submit a short health history, driver’s license or Social Security number, and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of two friends or relatives who do not live with the donor or each other. For more information, go to the Asian American Donor Program website at www.aadp.org or the National Marrrow Donor Program at www.marrow.org, or email APASA at ohlone. apasa@gmail.com.
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Ohlone student Kimberly Perez donates blood on Feb. 18 during an American Red Cross blood drive in the Cafeteria on the Fremont campus.The event also included a mobile van on the Newark campus. For more information, go to www.redcrossblood.org.
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