Donor Event in San Francisco’s Japantown

With Nick’s situation becoming even more urgent, we’re trying to encourage as many folks as possible to come out to the donor drive tomorrow in San Francisco’s Japantown.   It’s sponsored by the Nichi Bei Times.

WHEN: Saturday, June 13
WHERE: JCCCNC (Art Room, 1840 Sutter St., first floor) in San Francisco’s Japantown.
TIME: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

For more information, please visit www.aadp.org or call 800-59-DONOR.

Minorities register for FREE with the Asian American Donor Program!

Read more about the drive or Nick Glasgow online at: http://www.nichibeitimes.com/?p=3981 and http://www.nichibeitimes.com/?p=3995.

Update from Nick’s Friend – Stacy Morales

The third round of chemotherapy failed to put Nick into remission and “time is really running out.” Carole is in contact with Stanford to see the status of a bone marrow donor match. She’s hoping to hear from them today.

There are many unanswered questions right now: If there is a match found can Nick have an immediate transplant? How long will that take? How long does he have to wait? He needs to be strong enough to endure a transplant, and that is the big unanswered question.

What Carole is asking for is for people to still be tested if they haven’t.

Secondly, for prayer.

Nick and Carole are terrified right now due to all of the uncertainty and running out of options. Please say a prayer for a match, strength for Nick to endure a transplant, that the transplant takes, as well as strength for Carole as she stands by her only son’s side during this uncertain time.

Help Nick YouTube Video

Donor Drive on WBZ 38 TV – Boston

Last night WBZ-TV 38 Boston covered Nick’s story and EMC’s donor drives to help support him.  EMC’s drives this week and last brought more than 260 new donors into the national registry.

http://wbztv.com/video/?id=77413@wbz.dayport.com

Nichi Bei Times

Below is an amazing article from Nichi Bei Times, the largest Japanese American newspaper. The newspaper, along with AADP, is also holding a donor drive next Saturday, 6/13, in Japantown in San Francisco.
http://www.nichibeitimes.com/?p=3981#more-3981

Update from Nick’s Friend — Stacy Morales

“Nick’s doctors decided to do a third round of chemotherapy to hopefully put Nick into remission or at the very least slow down the cancer. He finished this on Monday, May 25th. He has had a very tough week, and expects this next week to be as well. Typically the two weeks following chemo are brutal. Testing will be done in approximately a week to see what affect the chemotherapy had on the cancer cells. The testing of the registry to find a match is currently taking place. Hopefully we’ll receive good news soon. Everyone should continue to spread the word, and be tested if they haven’t. I spoke with Nick on Monday, and despite how he’s feeling physically his spirits are up. He is amazed at all of the support and generosity of spirit of everyone. He said words cannot express how grateful he and his family are. He is inspired to fight for every single person that has given of themselves.”

Associated Press tells Nick’s story

“Mixed-race patients struggle to find marrow donors”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090527/ap_on_he_me/mixed_race_donors_1

Wall Street Journal – open call for marrow diversity

“Building Diversity in Bone-Marrow Registries”

Today’s Wall Street Journal does a wonderful job highlighting the urgent need for minority and multiracial marrow donors and dispelling the many marrow transplant myths.   

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124338408532856679.html#mod=todays_us_personal_journal

This Week’s EMC Donor Drives

Wednesday, May 27 (EMC employees only)

Hopkinton, Mass. (9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.) 176 South Street, Bistro
Hopkinton, Mass. (1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.) 228 South Street, Training Room #1

Thursday, May 28 (EMC employees only)

Westborough, Mass. (10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.) 4400 Computer Drive, Princeton Conference Room, 1st floor
Southborough, Mass. (1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.) 21 Coslin Drive, Cafeteria Anex, 1st floor

Friday, May 29 – OPEN TO PUBLIC

Cambridge, Mass. (9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.) EMC Corporation, 11 Cambridge Technology Center, 4th floor Café
Franklin, Mass. (12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.) EMC Corporation, 50 Constitution Blvd., Johnson Conference Room, 3rd floor

Next Week’s EMC Donor Drives

Thursday, June 4

Bedford, Mass. (11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.)

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Report from NetApp Donor Drive
From Jan Stewart, Community Relations Manager

NetApp employees are proud to support the global effort to find a donor match for Nick Glasgow. As soon as we learned of his situation from one of our employees, Joel Reich, we took immediate action to hold an urgent global bone marrow registration drive for our 8,000 employees worldwide.

We’ve had a terrific response to our global bone marrow registration drive so far; 85 people registered at our drive in Sunnyvale yesterday, and we’re certain we’ve had many more people around the U.S. already register online. NetApp is covering the cost of all testing for our employees.

We also have employees around the world scheduling local drives in Israel, South Africa, and U.S. sites in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; New York, NY and Chicago, Illinois at this time.

We are all hopeful and optimistic that together we can find a match for Nick as soon as possible.

Special Thanks from Nick

VIDEO– Nick and his Mom express their heartfelt appreciation

Nick Glasgow and his mom Carole Wiegand, employees of EMC, extend their deepest thanks for everyone’s efforts in trying to find a bone marrow donor match for a transplant to save Nick’s life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C5v5E_by_4