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bbender734
Review for Okizu, Novato, CA, USA
Our son was treated for leukemia for many years, and finally underwent a bone marrow transplant in 2001. I am happy to say that he is now 10 and one half years post transplant and doing well. During those difficult treatment years, and in the years of the bmt recovery the Okizu Foundation offered to us a remarkable opportunity to attend their camp. They have week long sessions for cancer kids, as well as sessions for siblings of oncology patients. Siblings are often lost in the shuffle when a family is hit with a cancer diagnosis. Okizu many years ago saw a need to help the sibs, and it really makes a difference. It give those brothers and sisters of cancer patients an opportunity to spend a week with others in the same situation. And in the fall and spring families are invited to spend long weekends there. It is a beautiful camp near Oroville.
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How would you describe the help you got from this organization?
Life-changing
How likely are you to recommend this organization to a friend?
Definitely
How do you feel you were treated by this organization?
Very Well
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
Review for Joanne Pang Foundation, San Francisco, CA, USA
My name is Brian Bender. My son Parris had a bone marrow transplant around the time that Joanne Pang was receiving treament for leukemia. We got to know Joanne and her parents and were very saddened by her passing. My child was transplanted with a unit of cord blood, and we are very pleased that the Joanne Pang Foundation has put their efforts behind forming a cord blood bank in the San Francisco Bay area. When cord blood is discarded after childbirth, an opportunity to save a life is discarded as well. Fortunately most of you will not need to find a donor for a transplant, but as a parent of a child who did, I am very fortunate to have found a unit that worked for my son. That unit was thoughtfully donated by some family in the United States. Please support the Joanne Pang Foundation in their effort to make finding a donor possible for everyone. Brian Bender
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If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
save many lives
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2008
