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 December 28, 2006

Congratulations to all newly crossed classes of Fall 2k6! Welcome to the brotherhood, and have a safe holidays! 

November 20, 2006

Shoutout to Virginia Tech Lambdas on making their school paper for philanthropy:

http://www.planetblacksburg.com/news/watkins-112006-bone-marrow.php

"Saving Lives One Swab at a Time
by Lauren Watkins
November 20, 2006

Being a lifesaver does not require skill or super human-qualities.  Students became lifesavers this week by simply walking in the Squires Student Center and swabbing their cheeks.

On Tuesday and Wednesday Lambda Phi Epsilon and Sigma Psi Zeta hosted a bone marrow registration drive in the student center in which they specifically targeted minority students.

“Out of the entire National Marrow Donor Program, 30 percent represent minorities who are registered,” said Cammy Lee of the Cammy Lee Leukemia Foundation. “But, every year there are thousands of minorities that are diagnosted with leukemia.”

After being diagnosted with a rare form of leukemia 20 years ago, Cammy Lee and her family created the Cammy Lee Leukemia Foundation. Lee, of Asian ethnicity, wanted to create a program that would help her and other minorities find donors more easily.

According to marrow.org, a person is in need of a bone marrow transplant if they have been diagnosed with non-hodgkin’s lymphoma, leukemia, myelodysplastic, or a variety of immune system or genetic disorders. Those who experience these conditions face sever vomiting, inability to walk, constant infections, bleeding and bruising on a regular basis, and possibly death if not supplied with compatible bone marrow.

According to Lee, most compatible marrow donors are the siblings of the patient in need of a transplant, but some times this is not the case.

“Probability of finding a suitable donor, outside your immediate family, is 1 in 20,000 and even higher if you are a minority,” said Lee.

In efforts to recruit minority students to register for the bone marrow registration, Lambda Phi Epsilon and Sigma Psi Zeta adopted the bone marrow drive as their annual philanthropy. Each of the Asian organizations has their personal reasons for getting involved with the program.

“This past year, we have one sister who has a rare case of leukemia,” said Christina Ko a sister of Sigma Psi Zeta. “So we adopted the Cammy Lee Foundation to help find a match for our sister because if she doesn’t she will pass away.”    

“One of our brothers from Stanford University was diagnosed with leukemia. He wrote a compelling letter to the national chapter to adopt the program as our national philanthropy,” said Hubert Liu a brother of Lambda Phi Epsilon. “Unfortunately he did not receive a donor and past away.”

Lambda Psi Zeta and Sigma Psi Zeta hope to get more people involved in donating next year.

“The common misconception is people think that it’s going to hurt to register,” said Ko. “All you have to do is come in and get your cheek swabbed.”

For more information on how to join the bone marrow registry and future drives in Montgomery County, check out www.marrow.org."