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O cto b er 03, 2001
Working to
Save Lives
Alliance for King Elementary School
A m bassadors spread m essage o f
hope for A frican A m ericans needing
organ, tissue and m arrow donations
A group o f local am bassadors
are educating A frican-A m ericans
on decisions about organ, tissue
and marrow donations, as well
as e n c o u ra g in g th em to pay
closer attention to their overall
health.
T he effo rt fo llo w s a sh o rt
train in g sessio n at the In te r
state F ireh o u se C u ltu ral C e n
ter, h o sted by Fam ily o f O n e, a
c o a litio n that in clu d es the N a
tional K idney F o u n d atio n and
the A m erican R ed C ro ss M a r
row D o n o r Program .
O ver 78,000 A m ericans cu r
rently wait for life-saving organ
transplants, o f w hich 25-percent
are A frican A merican.
“The efforts o f Family o f One
are very vital to addressing health
issues in the A frican A m erican
com m unity,” said Fam ily o f One
C o-C hair, Baruti Artharee. “T ra
d itio n ally , A frican -A m erican s
d o n 't talk about organ and tissue
donations, but it’s critical to our
com m unity for individuals and
fam ilies to m ake tim e to discuss
these issues.”
Artharee said his wife received
a much needed kidney transplant
tw o years ago.
“W e are both involved in in
creasing aw areness for organ do
nation and kidney disease p re
vention because it allow s us to
give som ething back to our com
m unity.” A rtharee added.
Fam ily o f O ne was form ed
over a year ago to address the
increased need fo r aw areness
am ong A frican A m ericans, es
pecially males, about the high
incidence o f kidney disease and
the vital need for organ, tissue
and marrow donation.
It is critical that those w ho
w ant to be organ and tissue d o
. Home
Loan
Program
Expands
(A P ) - V e te ra n s w h o
servedafterthe Vietnam W ar
now are eligible for state home
loans under an expansion o f
the program funded by a
planned M onday bond sale.
State T reasurer R andall
Edw ards said the state w as to
sell $60 million in bonds, $ 15
m illion o f which will finance
an expansion o f the state GI
loan program that w as ap
proved by voters last N o
vember.
Previously, only veterans
w ho served before 1977
could qualify for the loans.
Theexpansion will cover G ulf
W ar veterans as wel 1 as those
who served during some other
conflicts.
As m any as 20,000 ad d i
tional veterans are newly eli
gible for loans, said Jon
M angis, director o f the state
Departm ent ofV eterans’ A f
fairs. The loans currently carry
a fixed interest rate o f 5.95
percent and are available for
up to $275,O(X).
nors have the “D ” included on
their driv er’s license and, more
im portantly, discuss this deci
sion with fam ily members.
Religious beliefs, mistrust o f
the m edical com m unity and lack
of education on the process of
organ and tissue donation are the
leading causes for a low er num
ber o f donors from the African-
A m erican com m unity.
A f r ic a n - A m e r ic a n s w a it
tw ice as long as C aucasians to
receiv e a kid n ey tran sp lan t b e
cau se o f the shortage o f donor
o rg an s w ith in th eir race.
A f r ic a n - A m e r ic a n s a ls o
c o m p rise o v e r 3 0 -p e rc e n t o f
those req u irin g dialy sis tre a t
m en ts o r w aiting for a tra n s
plant due to irrev ersib le kidney
failu re due to high blood p re s
sure and d iabetes.
Each year, over 30,(MX) people
are diagnosed with a blood dis
ease w hich could be cured with
a m arrow , blood stem cell or
cord blood donation, and nearly
75 percent o f them will need an
unrelated volunteer donor for their
transplant.
Because certain tissue traits
are unique to people o f specific
ancestry, the most likely donor
m atch is from the patient’s same
racial or ethnic group.
M ultnom ah County C om m is
sioner Serena Cruz said she sup
ports the w ork o f Family o f One.
“In fact, M ultnom ah County
recognized the coalition this pas,
year w ith a public health hero
aw ard for the im portant work
the group is doing to insure that
m em bers o f the African A m eri
can com m unity understand the
issues and im portance involved
in organ donation and kidney dis
ease prevention,” Cruz said.
Joseph Malone (left), principal o f King Elementary School, receives a donation Thursday for his northeast Portland school from
Troy Steele, store manager for the Safeway Food and Drug Store on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Ainsworth. The
$4,068.53 check represents the money students and store representatives raised during a series of store fundraisers such as
bread sales and barbeques. It will purchase computers for the school and build a covered area for the playground. City
m m m i e t i n n p r Hm Francesconi and Safewav President Lyle Waterman, attended the school ceremony, and both talked briefly
about the importance o f forming and maintaining partnerships to benefit children.
photo by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
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