one in a
When Jo Thompson Szymanski fell ill, it touched every Line dancer in the world.
Jo is dance personified and for many, her grace and elegance on the dance floor and in life are qualities that illustrates what Line dance is all about.
Now, Jo is at the helm of a new drive and here’s how you may be able to help.
Jo’s battle with her terrible illness, Aplastic Anemia, which was diagnosed way back in 2004, is well documented and it is fair to say that her journey has been long and precarious on getting well again. Though, she still has to be very careful, it seems that the worse is over today.
A large part of her cure was due to
her brother Eddie's amazing gift of his bone marrow after he was found to be a perfect match.
If Jo’s own marrow is now 100% healthy and disease free, Eddie is the one who provided her with her renewed lease of life.
Jo and Carol Morris, who is one of Jo's caregivers during transplant, decided to do something about raising awareness on how important marrow donations are.
The 100 Donors in 100 days drive
was born and they dedicated it to all their new friends - the other transplant patients they met at MD Anderson, the hospital which took care of Jo.
What is the drive about? It started on
18th February 2011 and will end on 28th May and during that time, it is hoped that considerable awareness will be raised to the many dancers who know Jo and have little or no idea how desperate the situation is.
All you have to do is register yourself (you can do that on www.
linedancermagazine.com) and send an email to Jo to let her know that you have volunteered to be a donor (
teamjoandfriends@gmail.com).
Your name will be part of a list which
will hopefully total 100 donors by the end date.
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