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...Crimson's coverage of the donor registration drive noted, Asian-Americans and other ethnic minorities have a more difficult time finding compatible bone marrow donors than do whites. The dearth of minority donors has placed Mr. Kuo in a life threatening situation; he is only one of many minorities who could be saved by a matching bone marrow donation...
...tribes with casinos have formed partnerships to fund bone-marrow donor registration drives and park refurbishing, and they have become prominent donors to the local charities which help San Diego's homeless, HIV-positive-and unemployed populations. Gambling has been nothing less than a boon for Native Americans in the region; in a decade, groups of Native Americans grappling with disaffected and socially marginal residents have turned their tidbits of sovereignty into a multi-million-dollar business venture that provides employment, substance abuse rehabilitation and a sense of pride for the historically embattled tribes...
...students who come to register at Loker are put into the National Marrow Donor Program registry so that they can still have their type listed...
...donor drive has met with success wherever it has been attempted, organizers said. At the University of California Berkeley, 989 Asians were registered as donors. Similar initiatives have been organized by Kuo's friends in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Chicago and San Francisco...
Harrison Lin '99, a co-president of HRCSA, said he had the idea for this drive when he saw an advertisement that bemoaned the low donor registration numbers...