Event

^ Invitation cover created using the tools and software learned in this class.

The event I'll be blogging about for this week's assignment is not an imaginary event created for the purpose of this class, but a real, live event taking place in our very own backyard of suburban Philadelphia. The event: NTAF's 3rd Annual Transplant Donor Awareness Community Luncheon and Marrow Drive.

If you haven't already read my blog ... NTAF (where I work) is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit (with headquarters in Radnor, Pa.) that assists transplant patients and individuals living with catastrophic injury in fundraising for their uninsured medical expenses. The cost of transplantation and catastrophic injury (spinal cord injury, brain trauma and burns) can be physically, emotionally and financially overwhelming. NTAF is here to help alleviate the financial burden incurred.

Each year in honor of National Donate Life Month (April), NTAF holds a community luncheon to celebrate those who donate-- those who give others a second chance at life. This year, to commemorate 25 years of dedicated service to the transplant community, NTAF has chosen to couple its annual luncheon with a bone marrow registration drive. The goal: to register 250 potential marrow donors to the NMDP Registry (see previous blog "NMDP" for more information regarding the Registry). SEE DETAILS BELOW.

Luncheon
April 25, 2008
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Radnor Financial Center
in the Atrium
150 N. Radnor Chester Road, Radnor PA 19087
(Honored guests: Dave Huddleston, Fox 29 co-anchor and marrow donor; Dr. Jack and Pat Kolff, NTAF co-founders.)

Bone Marrow Drive
Same time, same building, different location. The drive will be held in Wing A of the Radnor Financial Center. The drive is separate from the luncheon. NTAF will pay for the $52 tissue-typing fee-- a measure of our commitment to the cause.