M a rtin L u t h e r K ing jR .and R o sa P a r k s
2006
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King Blood Drives Held Locally
The March On Washington
7 percent o f P ortland’s popu
lation, yet less than 2 percent
cans donating blood and sign donate to the community blood
ing up in the National M arrow supply.
Low blood donation rates
D onor Program.
Also, the RedCross will hold by African Americans have re
a m obile blood and bone m ar sulted in shortages o f blood
row drive M onday, Jan. 16 at
the Jefferson High School caf
eteria from 11 a .m .to 4 p .m .to
kick o ff the celebration week.
O ne Jefferson H igh School
student is in need o f a bone-
m arrow transplant. Jarraye
Hicks, a 15-year-old freshman,
w as diagnosed last June with
acute myelogenous leukemia, a
cancer o f blood-form ing tis
sues o f the bone marrow. Hicks supply for illnesses where m ul
also requires periodic blood tiple transfusions result in diffi
transfusions— bkxxl provided cult cross-m atching, such as
by the Red C ross — to help sickle-cel 1 disease, a bkxxl dis
order carried by 1 in 12 A fri
him live.
can
Am ericans.
African Am ericans make up
/n August 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr. led a quarter o f a
million people, including Rose
Parks, in the March on
Washington. It was there that King
gave his famous “I Have A
Dream” speech.
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While blood
compatibility is
not based on race,
rare blood types
often are.
While blood compatibility is
not based on race, rare bkxxl
types often are. Som e rare
bkxxl types, such as U -nega-
tive and D uffy-negative, are
unique to the African American
community.
To be eligible to give blood
you m ust be at least 16 years
old, weigh at least 110 pounds
and be in good general health.
M arrow donors should be be
tw een the ages o f 18 and 60.
T o schedule a blood dona
tion during the event, call 503-
284-4040. For m ore inform a
tion about m arrow donation,
call Delores R ue-Jonesat 503-
528-5475.
Donors during the week will
have the opportunity to enter a
raffle for a $ 100 Safew ay gift
card and tw o haircuts from
G eneva’s.
The Parks Institute:
"We work with young people, from the ages of ll
to ¡7. Our main program is the Pathways to
Freedom. We always encourage them to have a
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