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Blood drive to honor Ed Wong

June 23, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

An upcoming API blood drive & bone marrow registration at Blaine Memorial United Methodist Church on July

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, API, Blaine Memorial United Methodist Church, Chinese Baptist Church, Ed Wong, Edwin Wong, Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle, Vol 33 No 26 | June 21 - June 27

VFA honors 2 people, 1 church

March 31, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Two people and a church were awarded in the March 20 Vietnamese Friendship Association’s 2014 benefit dinner at the UW HUB Ballroom.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, Puget Sound Blood Center, Rifka Bahaman, South Seattle College, Sri Lanka, Thanksgiving, Trang Tu, United States, University Unitarian Church, VFA, Vietnamese Friendship Association, Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 - April 4

Woman Leaders in New Ventures

August 29, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Woman Leaders in New Ventures WHEN: Friday, September 20, 2013 11:30 a.m.—1:30 p.m. WHERE: New Hong Kong Restaurant, 900 S. Jackson St. #203, Seattle Honorees: Maire Chacon & Lesly Chacon Maud Daudon Sophath Chou Adriana Medina Angela Shen Anjana Shanker Beverly Norris Edna Daigre Kira Bundlie & Lisa  Strom Kendee Yamaguchi Purple Tramble Natasha Savage […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2013, Adriana Medina, Angela Shen, Anjana Shanker, Beverly Norris, Edna Daigre, Eli Lilly, Julia Johnson, Kendee Yamaguchi, Kiku Hayashi, Natasha Savage, Puget Sound Blood Center, Purple Tramble, Seattle, Sophath Chou, State Farm Insurance, Teri Wong, Wells Fargo, Woman Leaders in New Ventures, Women of Color Empowered, Yen Lam

Donating life

January 10, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly Janet Liang, who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at the age of 22, turned her struggle into a national movement by blogging and raising awareness about the need for minority donors. Thousands of supporters joined the “Helping Janet” movement, expanding the bone marrow donation registry in an attempt […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: 2013, AML, Asian Americans, Benny Tran, Evan Chen, Helping Janet, Janet Liang, Jeremy Kong, Lambda Phi Epsilon, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Islanders, Puget Sound Blood Center, Stanford University, Tanya Nobles, Ty Huynh Chhor, United States, Vol 32 No 3 | January 12 - January 18

Ed Wong notes disparity in Asian blood donation

July 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Katelin Chow Northwest Asian Weekly For Ed Wong, 81, fighting the odds seems bleak, but he’s not fighting for himself. Ever since his son Kirby died in 2000 from complications following heart surgery, Ed has been on a mission to get more Asians to donate blood.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Health Tagged With: 2012, Blaine Church, Bradley Wong, Chinese, David Leitch, Ed Wong, Heidi Wong, Kirby Wong, Lai Kwan Wong, PSBC, Perfect Match, Puget Sound Blood Center, Roman Wong, Rosalind Chan, Seattle, Sickle Cell, United States, Vol 31 No 30 | July 21 - July 27, language

12 meaningful gifts that DON’T carry a hefty price tag

December 16, 2010 By Assunta Ng

When looking for holiday presents, there are certain criteria that many of us consider. We want the gift to be a perfect representation of our affection for the receiver.

Filed Under: Cultures Tagged With: 2010, Assunta Ng, Business Administration, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, DIY, Frances Youn, Going Asian, Goodwill, Northwest Asian Weekly, OK, Olympia News Bureau, PSBC, Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Stacy Nguyen, UW, Vol 29 No 51 | December 18 - December 24

Gaur realizes lifelong dream at PSBC

August 26, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Lakshmi Gaur grew up in Jeypore, in Orissa, India, during the 1950s. Her personality developed during a childhood surrounded by family — aunts, uncles, a grandma, her father, and a sister.

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2010, Amrit Kapadia Najeevan Women, Andhra University, Chinami Tajika, Fulbright Fellowship, ISBT, India, Lakshmi Gaur, North Carolina, Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation, PSBC, Puget Sound Blood Center, Punjab University, Seattle, Southwest Foundation, United States, Vol 29 No 35 | August 28 - September 3, West Germany

Vietnamese doctor in dire need of more Asian bone marrow donors

July 23, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Anh Nguyen Reiss is a 43-year-old Vietnamese immigrant, a mother, and an obstetrician/gynecologist in Houston. She has been looking around the country to find a matching Vietnamese stem cell donor to survive. In 2009, she was diagnosed with Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), a disease of bone marrow cell very similar to acute leukemia.

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: Anh Nguyen Reiss, Columbia University Medical Center, Education, Erin Kinch, Heidi Wong, Huu Nguyen, Marian Days, NMDP, New York, PBSC, Pacific Islanders, Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle, Vietnamese, Vol 28 No 31 | July 25 - July 31, Wen Liu, language

Puget Sound Blood Center needs your help – Blood supply drops 20 percent due to weather

December 31, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In the wake of snowy weather, Western Washington’s blood supply has lost 20 percent of its inventory — 1,000 units of blood.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2009, New Year, Puget Sound Blood Center, Vol 28 No 2 | January 3 - January 9, Western Washington

Women Empowered

September 6, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Thanks to trailblazers across the globe, women today are continuing to succeed in spite of hardships. Their success comes through hard work and dedication ó but what is also important is the balance between taking care of oneís self and taking care of others. This is the theme of the next Women of Color Empowered event, to be held at China Harbor Restaurant in Seattle on Friday, Sept. 26, at 11:30 a.m. This is an event honoring women who are accomplished in their fields, who have contributed to local communities of color in both traditional and nontraditional jobs.

Filed Under: News, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: Antioch University, Blackbird Literary Awards, Calvin Klein, China Harbor Restaurant, Costa Rica, Langues Orientales Vivantes, Olympic Sculpture Park, Poet Laureate, Puget Sound Blood Center, San Francisco State University, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Opera, Virginia Mason, Wellness Research Institute, Women Empowered, Women of Color Empowered, culture, vol 27 no 37 | September 6 - September 12

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