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    PRESS OFFICE
    Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern)
    630 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10016
    Tel: (212) 686-0710; Fax: (212) 779-3558
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Website: www.armenianchurch.net

    April 19, 2010
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    BONE MARROW DRIVE AT NEW YORK'S ST. VARTAN CATHEDRAL


    On Sunday, April 25, a bone marrow registry drive will be held at St. Vartan
    Cathedral in New York City from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. and from 12:30 to 3:30
    p.m. The drive is organized to help find a bone marrow donor for Charlotte
    Conybear, a four-year old girl suffering from a life-threatening bone marrow
    disorder. St. Vartan Cathedral is located at 630 Second Avenue in New York
    City.

    ***

    Charlotte Conybear, age 4, is suffering from Aplastic Anemia, a life
    threatening bone marrow disorder that has resulted in the failure of
    Charlotte's bone marrow to produce adequate blood cells. She is

    currently receiving transfusions and may need a bone marrow transplant.
    There are no matches for her among her family, on the National Bone Marrow
    Registry or on the Armenian Bone Marrow Registry.

    To help Charlotte, we are encouraging everyone in good health between
    the ages of 18 and 60 to register to become a bone marrow donor. There
    are two ways to register to become a donor. First, you can attend our
    New York donor drive at St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral, located at 630
    2nd Avenue in Manhattan. The drive will be held on Sunday, April 25
    from 8:30-10:30am as well as 12:30-3:30pm.

    The second way to register is online at:
    http://join.bethematch.org/charlottesmatch. Click on "Join" and then
    click on "Join Now" and use promo code "CharlottesMatch." Online
    registration involves answering a few questions. A short form and swab
    kit will be sent to you to swab inside the mouth with a q-tip. There
    is no blood taken in the process.

    The cheek samples are sent to a lab for testing. If you are a match
    for Charlotte (or anyone needing a bone marrow transplant), you will
    be contacted and asked to visit a local clinic where further testing
    will be done and if appropriate, a donation will be made. Bone marrow
    donation has an undeserved reputation for being painful. In the vast
    majority of cases (80%), bone marrow donations are no more painful
    than giving blood as marrow cells are taken from the blood, rather
    than directly from the marrow. 20% of the time, marrow is taken under
    general anesthesia from the hip bone (resulting in some soreness that
    goes away after a couple days).

    Being a bone marrow donor is an incredible opportunity for an ordinary
    individual to be a hero - and save the life of someone they have never
    met. It could be Charlotte or it could be someone else's
    child. Please consider registering today. If you would like to make a
    donation, please give to the National Bone Marrow Donor Registry at
    www.marrow.org.

    If you have any questions or need any further information, please
    email Dean Jerrehian (Charlotte's uncle) at [email protected] , Joel
    Conybear (Charlotte's other uncle) at [email protected], or
    visit www.marrow.org. Thank you for considering this request.

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    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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