Hindu Temples’ National Bone Marrow Donation Campaign In Memory of the Victims of 9/11 Swab a cheek, it takes only 5 seconds! Every year 10,000 patients need a marrow transplant from an unrelated donor but only half receive one. Half is not enough. Every patient counts! Becoming a marrow/ stem cell donor is sharing the gift of life. No one knows whose life may be saved with a donation; it could be yours, friends, relatives or neighbors. Be a donor, volunteer, coordinator in remembrance of all the victims of 9/11. Day, Date: MM/DD/YYYY Time: Location: Contact: [Name, phone#, e-mail] Give a gift of life to someone by donating bone marrow or stem cells! Event Coordinators: Rahul M. Jindal, MD, PhD, MBA, Washington, DC, jindalr@msn.com or 718-916-9241 Useful web sites to help in this effort: www.marrow.org http://www.samarinfo.org/ HMEC is an initiative of World Hindu Council of America (VHPA) to network and explore avenues of expanding Temples’ roles to meet the ever changing needs of the N. American Hindus.