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Posts Tagged ‘bone marrow’

Marrowthon event aims to register bone marrow donors

Ceci Christensen is a Gilbert teen who has raised awareness of bone marrow donations after receiving a life-changing diagnosis of a blood-cell disorder. Photo: Daniel Friedman.

Phoenix Children’s Hospital and the Blood and Marrow Transplant program at Mayo Clinic are playing host to the National Marrow Donor Program’s Be the Match: Marrowthon on Monday, July 9, aiming to register new bone marrow donors. Anyone from ages 18 to 60 and in good health is encouraged to attend. Participants will fill out [...]

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The church of Broadway?

After watching the 2011 Tony Awards on TV with daughter Lizabeth and Pinky the theater cat (who knows not to ask for food during elaborate choreography), Lynn Trimble reflects on something a Valley arts advocate shared with her just last week — that theater gives to some the feelings others find in church.

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