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Volunteers set sights on world record for bone marrow registry | Online Athens

This is one of my son's classmates at Athens Academy and they need to find a match pronto. From: Athens Academy ddaniel@athensacademy.org Date: March 16, 2012 10:01:06 AM EDT Subject: Athens Academy Student Kajal Patel Reply-To: ddaniel@athensacademy.org Dear Athens Academy Community, We wanted to share with you some additional information detailed in a press release below which will give you an opportunity to help sixth grader, Kajal Patel.    6TH GRADERS RALLY TO FIND BONE MARROW MATCH FOR CLASSMATE  Saving the life of a friend means finding her 1 in 20,000 match What do seventy-seven 6th graders do when they learn their classmate needs a bone marrow transplant to save her life? And, what if they learn the odds of finding her right match is 1 in 20,000?  It's simple. They find 20,000 people!    Kajal Patel is a vivacious, 12-year-old girl who h...