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Solimine Bone Marrow Donor Drive Today

The drive will be held from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Pelham Country Club, 940 Wynnewood Road.

Friends and family are holding a special drive to find a bone marrow doner for former Pelham Supervisor Joe Solimine who has leukemia. If you'd like to see if you can help, just head down to the Pelham Country Club sometime between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Solimine is also working to raise funds for therapies, treatments and to help save lives. Here is his call-out to those who can help his cause:

My name is Joe Solimine and I was diagnosed with Leukemia just a few weeks ago. My family lovingly formed "Team Snooks" in my honor (my grandchildren call me Snooks).

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Please join me in supporting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) by making a donation to my fundraising campaign. Every dollar I raise counts as one vote and the candidate who gets the most votes /raises the most money is named the Man or Woman of the Year.

Thanks to your support, my efforts, will help fund the therapies and treatments and help save lives today.

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LLS's continued advancements over the years, are responsible for the blood cancer survival rate doubling and tripling; in some cases, the survival rate has even quadrupled.

And many LLS supported therapies not only help blood cancer patients but are now used to treat patients with rare forms of stomach and skin cancers. They're even being tested in clinical trials for patients with a range of cancers including lung, brain, breast, pancreatic and prostate cancers. LLS funded drugs like Gleevec, Sprycel, Arinza, Tasigna and Zolinza are now being tested for patients with other non-cancerous diseases like Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Multiple Sclerosis.

We really are changing the face of blood cancer!

All donations are greatly appreciated and are tax deductible. They'll not only support LLS research but patient services, advocacy, public and professional education, and community services as well.

Please visit my Web site often and bring friends who would also like to donate!

On behalf of myself and blood cancer patients everywhere I thank you for your support! For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org


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