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What You Can Do To Help.
Although a match for Travis was found (see story)
many challenges remain, from finding a potential back- up donor (just in
case) to the financial burdens caused by this situation. Below are some
of the things you can do either for Travis or some other child in a similar
situation.
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Team In Training
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Inc.
1311 Mamaroneck Ave.
White Plains, NY 10605
Phone: (914) 949-5213
Fax: (914) 949-6691
Website: http://www.teamintraining.org
Team In Training� is the largest endurance training program in the United States. We provide you with the coaching, training and even the travel opportunities to make your athletic goals a reality. It's an unbeatable offer with great personal rewards.
What's the deal? In exchange for the training and support, you raise money towards a cure for leukemia - the number one disease-killer of children under 15, and lymphoma, the leading killer of men and women under 35.
Join the more than 30,000 runners, walkers and cyclists who will participate in the world's major marathons and centuries this year on behalf of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Team In Training has raised millions of dollars toward finding cures for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma.
Get
yourself tested to see if you are a match.
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The test for this gift of life requires the simple donation of a small
blood sample from your arm.
You will also be included in the National
Bone Marrow Registry. All donor centers operate differently concerning
getting involved in the program by getting tested. To find a center near
you, call the National Marrow Donor Program at 1-800-654-1247 or Click Here to find
the nearest center online.
Contact your local center and they will advise you in every regard
including:
- How to register as a donor .
- Where to go to get tested.
- How to set up a Marrow Drive.
- How to get funding for your drive
They may already have a drive set up and you can join efforts.Contact
corporations in your area who may be willing to support a marrow drive (by
covering the charge for tissue typing for their employees, etc.)
If you are interested in sponsoring a bone marrow drive in your area,
you should Click Here to read Melanie Goldish's Fifteen
Tips on making the drive successful, based upon the drives sponsored
for Travis.
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Help
Travis' family through a donation.
Donate to the Friends of Travis Fund. All
donations will be used by Travis' family to offset the significant unreimbursed
costs associated with his medical care and bone marrow transplant. It is
the family's intent that any unused funds will be donated in honor of Travis
to a leukemia-related cause.
Any donation will be greatly appreciated. |
Checks can be made out to Travis Yon Fund
and sent to:
Barrington Bank and Trust
201 South Hough Street
Barrington, IL 60010
c/o E. Rossdeutscher. |
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