Releases

SheKNows along with DKMS and Save Giovanni and Friends Launch Bone Marrow Awareness Campaign

Pledge to Recruit 50,000 Donors

WHAT: SheKnows www.sheknows.com
partners with DKMS www.dkmsamericas.org, the largest bone marrow donor organization, and Save Giovanni & Friends www.helpgiovanniguglielmo.org to promote awareness of bone marrow diseases and pledges to add 50,000 donors to International Bone Marrow Registry by 2009.

WHEN: Feature launches live on site August 1, 2008

WHERE: www.sheknows.com/Bone-Marrow

WHO: Dr. Jordan Orange, Head of the Division of Immunology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Michael Guglielmo, Founder of the Save Giovanni & Friends Foundation

Katharina Harf, Executive Vice President, DKMS Americas

Contact Erica Schrag for participants available for interview, quotes and more information.

Topics to be spotlighted on SheKnows during the month of August include:

• Bone marrow registry and donation myths medically dispelled.
• First person journal experience of the bone marrow testing process.
• Leukemia diagnosis and treatment
• The story of Baby Giovanni, stricken with a rare immune system disorder, NEMO, confirmed in 68 kids worldwide, at only five months of age.

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Help Pat win at the Teen Choice Awards

Get Pat entered into the Energizer Keep Going Hall of Fame

Who knew there were so many amazing people out there? We did!
That’s why we started the Energizer® Keep Going® Hall of Fame, to showcase all those people who have the same perseverance, never-quit spirit and positive attitude as the Energizer Bunny®.

The search for the winner of the 2008 Energizer® Keep Going® Hall of Fame is down to 10 phenomenal finalists. Help us pick the person who is most like the Energizer Bunny®.

The finalist with the most votes will join Cal Ripken, Jr., in the Energizer® Keep Going® Hall of Fame. The winner will receive a $10,000 cash prize plus a $5,000 donation to his or her favorite charity. For every vote cast, Energizer will donate $1 to the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, up to $10,000. The foundation provides opportunities for underprivileged children to learn the sport of baseball.
Vote everyday until July 25th!

I need the help of adults and kids too! Can you please take a minute to vote and pass this on to everyone you know so they can help me as well!
Teen Choice / Do Something Award voting is for 13 to 19 year olds so (if YOU'RE NOT) please forward this to your kids and ask them to vote! If I'm the top vote getter, I'll be on the TEEN CHOICE AWARDS (with Miley Cyrus) and receive $100,000 for Driving for Donors! That can save a lot of lives!

Vote everyday until August 1st!

Hi, Its Pat from Driving For Donors!

I need your votes to win these two awards. To me it's about more than winning a contest, it's about saving lives! I have registered over 10,000 new marrow donors and helped find 4 life saving matches for people in need! The more people that hear about my work and register as marrow donors the more lives we can save!

thanks
Pat

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British pop star lends voice to DKMS

Leona Lewis champions marrow registration

"Not a lot of people know that leukemia is the most common disease children die of in the U.S. Most children and young adults can be given a second chance if a match is found. However, only 2 out of 10 patients end up getting the life-saving treatment. I think it's amazing that Pat, who is organizing donor drives with DKMS is being an advocate for bone marrow registration at such a young age, he is such an inspiration."

- Leona Lewis

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DKMS to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

May 9, 2008

ADVISORY, May 9, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) --

What:
Mario Cantone, actor/comedian and Katharina Harf, EVP, DKMS Americas will preside over the Closing Bell.

Where:
NASDAQ MarketSite - 4 Times Square - 43rd & Broadway - Broadcast Studio

When:
Friday, May 9 at 4:00 p.m. EDT

Contacts:
Megan Miller: Megan.Miller@bwr-ny.com

Mary Kaye Daniels: Marykaye.daniels@bwr-ny.com

NASDAQ MarketSite:
Robert Madden 646.441.5045 Robert.Madden@NASDAQOMX.com

A live Webcast of the NASDAQ Closing Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx

Pictures of DKMS Americas ringing the Nasdaq Stock Market closing bell can be found at Flickr

To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Close, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market close of your choice.

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DKMS Raises over $1 million at 2nd Annual "Linked Against Leukemia Gala"

Super Model Cindy Crawford & Emanuel Chirico Honored and Mario Cantone Emceed the Event and Natasha Bedingfield Performed

New York, New York (May 7, 2008) — DKMS celebrated their 2nd Annual “Linked Against Leukemia” Gala tonight at Capitale in New York City. The black-tie affair raised 1.18 million dollars, enabling DKMS to register over 12,000 new marrow donors. DKMS, the world’s largest marrow donor center with more than 1.6 million registered donors, has helped facilitate more than 14,000 transplants.

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Popstar Natasha Bedingfield Performing at “Linked Against Leukemia Gala" to Benefit DKMS

May 7th at Capitale in New York City

New York, New York (April 10, 2008) — British singing sensation Natasha Bedingfield will perform at the “Linked Against Leukemia Gala” to benefit DKMS on Wednesday, May 7th at Capitale in New York City. Bedingfield is currently promoting her new album Pocketful of Sunhine and rehearsing for an upcoming tour and has added this fundraiser onto her busy schedule. She joins host Mario Cantone and honorees Cindy Crawford and Emanuel Chirico (Chairman & CEO, Phillips-Van Heusen, parent company of Calvin Klein, Inc.) for an unforgettable night.

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Cindy Crawford will be Honored at DKMS's 2nd Annual Linked Against Leukemia Gala

May 7th at Capitale in New York City

NEW YORK, March 13, 2008 -- DKMS is proud to announce that they will honor Cindy Crawford at their "Linked Against Leukemia Gala" on Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 at Capitale in New York City. The 2nd annual black-tie affair is a benefit to raise money and awareness for DKMS, the world's largest marrow donor center with more than 1.6 million registered donors, which has helped facilitate more than 13,000 transplants.

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Escada Moon Sparkle And Island Def Jam Present A Girls Night Out, In Support Of Singing Sensation Rihanna’s Believe Foundation.

Fun and Flirty New Fragrance Brings Exclusive Concerts and Giveaways

New York, NY (March 11th, 2008) – In 2006, Grammy Award Winning recording artist Rihanna created the Believe Foundation which assists and inspires children in need all over the world. Believe gives children a chance by providing everything from medical attention for children who can’t afford it, school supplies for children in poorly funded public schools, toys for children who are terminally ill and clothes for children in homeless shelters. Escada Moon Sparkle has teamed up with her label Island Def Jam in support of her latest album Good Girl Gone Bad and her Believe Foundation to present a Girls Night Out!

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Mother of Two is Fighting for Her Life

Lisa Gershowitz Flynn has an aggressive form of Acute Myelogeneous Leukemia and needs a Marrow Transplant to Help Save her Life

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. February 20, 2008. Imagine having everything to live for - two beautiful children, a loving husband, loyal friends and a job you love - and then finding out in a blink of an eye that you are suffering from a type of blood cancer and your only chance for survival is a marrow transplant from a complete stranger. This is what Lisa Gershowitz Flynn is faced with.

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Denke Family Holds Fast to Hope

Ten month old Sherman Oaks twin brothers fight fatal disease to save their lives

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. August 24, 2007. At ten months old, Keane and Ethan Denke are fighting an unimaginable battle against a fatal disease. Diagnosed with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), the identical twins are in search of one bone marrow donor to save both of their lives. With the help of DKMS, the world's largest marrow donor center, the goodwill of Coty Inc., and local donor drives, the Denke family holds fast to hope.

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