May 25, 2008
08:00 AM » Iranian American Medical Association Annual Meeting
http://www.iama.org/images/stories/15_meeting/brochure_08_5.pdf
http://www.iama.org/content/view/70/1/
IAMA 15th Annual Symposium
Thursday, 17 April 2008
J.W. Marriott Hotel
You are cordially invited to IAMA’s 15th Annual Symposium at the J.W. Marriott Hotel.
Make this Memorial Weekend a memorable one.
Sponsored by: The Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.
Be the witness of the progress of your prestigious organization. Your presence with constructive suggestions makes the difference.
AMA Category 1 CME credits
Sunday Night Dinner Dance
JAVAAN programs
Short Iranian Movies
Bam Project Updates
AND much more....
Join us for a Fun, Informative and Exciting event.
Date:
May 23-25, 2008
Address:
J.W. Marriott Hotel
1331 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20004
Reservation Deadline: May 1, 2008
From: Amir Shoja
01:00 PM » Iranican's 2nd Annual Bone Marrow Drive
This years event is being held to support thousands of people in need of bone marrow transplants. We would like to strongly encourage you to give this matter some thought as we are doing this drive in honor of a young Iranian man who has been told he needs a transplant and unfortunately his family are not a match. Perhaps it is you, your neighbor, co-worker or friend. Please tell all of your loved ones about this drive as I’m sure this family and thousands of other families will appreciate it. Testing is simple, in the sense that there is no blood work involved, they will only need to swab your cheek. You will then be placed on the donor registry and will contacted if you match a patient in need. For more information on this process please visit the National Marrow Donor Program website, www.marrow.org. For those of you who are not located in the bay area but would like to be on the donor registry, please visit the website and find out how to get the swab kit mailed to you or find a local drive. To help our friend in need, email your Marrow Registry ID # to marrow@iranican.com
Thank you,
Behnoush Babzani
Community Service Director, Iranican
01:00 PM » Iranican Bone Marrow Drive
Dear all,
A few friends of mine are doing a bone marrow drive in a couple weeks in order to get donor registration amongst Iranians. The reason behind this is because to help victims of bone marrow cancer the necessary donor must either be a relative or be of the same ethnic background. In the past few weeks I have personally received news that there are 4 Iranian children (between the ages of 16-22) who are afflicted with bone marrow cancer but are finding difficulty finding a donor match that would help them survive because not enough Iranians are signing up as National Marrow Donors.
The friends of mine, who call their organization Iranican, are doing a donor drive in two weeks specifically to resolve this problem. However, to do so, they need financial help and because they aren't a 501(c)(3), major philatropists aren't donating to them. I am asking each one of you to please donate $50-$100 to "Iranican, Inc" in order to be used for the bone marrow drive. This money will go directly into registering donors and will not be used for anything else. You can send those checks to me, either by mail (1916 Lyon Ave., Belmont, CA 94002) or hand it to me in person. I usually don't reach out like this for money, but to be honest one of my best friends was a victim of bone marrow cancer and was helped because of an Iranian donor. So please help out and email me if you have any questions.
Thank you all again,
Nema
Date: Sunday, May 25, 2008
Time: 1:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Campbell Community Center
Street: Building D, Room 38-39
City/Town: Campbell, CA
Phone: 15109082170
Email: marrow@iranican.com
You can also donate money:
You can send a check to Iranican directly at 420 Estrella Dr., Scotts Valley, CA 95066