asian american donor program

ALAMEDA, CA — The month of November is National Bone Marrow awareness month, and one Bay Area-based group is trying to find as many donors as possible to save the lives affected by blood cancers, especially...

SAN FRANCISCO — 15-year-old Filipina American, Myla Cunanan, was blowing out her birthday cake — but this cake only has five candles. Myla is celebrating five years since she got a life-saving stem cell transplant, helping...

Actor-singer Guji Lorenzana‘s latest music video for his original song, “Be Alright,” is dedicated to his late mother, who battled cancer for nearly 2 years. Lorenzana teamed up with the Asian American Donor Program and Be the...

SAN FRANCISCO — For Allen Vu, participating in this head-shaving fundraiser for cancer patients is personal. “Today is actually my mom’s death anniversary. She passed away 10 years ago from cancer. So this is pretty much not...

SAN FRANCISCO — Laugh For Lives was the 11th annual fundraiser for the Asian American Donor Program, or AADP. According to AADP, it costs $100 each time they register someone on the National Bone Marrow donor registry....

TAMPA, FL — They say life begins at 40 – but this Filipina gave the gift of life when she turned 40 in 2000. These Filipinas call themselves “wonder women.” Susan San Miguel Romero, and her daughter...

SAN JOSE, CA — 14-year-old Trish Tran and 21-year-old CJ Calanoc are not biologically related, but as far as they’re concerned, they are sister and brother. This was their first face-to-face meeting since CJ donated his bone...

ARTESIA, CA — A Fil-Am Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer is in desperate need of a bone marrow match from someone of Filipino heritage — and kababayans are doing all they can to come to his...

OAKLAND, Calif. – An emotional embrace was shared between 12-year-old Mailyna Mayate and the woman who saved her life. “I’m just so happy to meet her,” said Mayate. “It’s so great that she can come out...

SAN JOSE, Calif. – It’s still incomprehensible for Ryan Manansala’s family and friends how a person who seemingly loved life so much could lose it as such a young age. “He was a good mentor and...