Maggie & her family were recipients of a grant from the Foundation late last year, so we are reaching out to ask for help for Maggie and her family.. Maggie needs blood transfusions for her treatment (see below)
Please keep Maggie & her family in your prayers and donate blood if you can.
Maggie Russo Needs Blood & Platelets
2 year old Maggie, daughter of Michael Russo L105 and his wife Mary Beth, is currently a patient at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Her treatment for Retinoblastoma requires regular blood and platelet transfusions. Her transfusion needs will continue for the next few months of treatment.
Maggie and her family would deeply appreciate your donation of blood and/or platelets and requests you ask others you know to donate. Donations not used by name will be released for use by other patients many of whom are children.
To benefit Maggie all designated donations must be made in the Blood Donor Room of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Please visit
www.mskcc.org/blooddonations for complete information about donor eligibility and the donation process for blood or platelets.
For answers to questions and to schedule an appointment that is convenient for you please contact:
Mary Thomas - 212-639-3335 212-639-3335
Donor Relations Specialist
thomasfm@mskcc.org
The Blood Donor Room - 212-639-7648 212-639-7648
1250 First Avenue (between 67th/68th Streets) NYC - Schwartz Building lobby
Open Every Day
Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
Tues. Wed. Thurs. 8:30 am - 7:00 pm
The process for donating whole Blood takes approximately 1 hour
The process for donating platelets takes about 2 1/2 hours.
Appointments are necessary - All blood types are acceptable.
FREE Donor Parking
-Somerset Parking Garage, 1365 York Avenue - entrance on 72nd Street
-MSKCC garage, 433 East 66th Street off York Avenue
Visit Meghan's web site and read Mary Beth's daily journal at
http://www.caringbridge.org/ (Type in Meghanrusso).