
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, February 24, 1995                   TAG: 9502240083
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: SANDRA BROWN KELLY
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

BLACK MARROW DONORS TO BE SIGNED UP SUNDAY

With the help of the Marrow Donor Center of the Red Cross, the black community will register potential marrow donors Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.

To be placed on the potential donor list, you must be between 18 and 55 and in good health and have a blood sample taken, Dr. Pink Wimbish said.

Marrow is used in the treatment of leukemia, which causes white blood cells to multiply rapidly and destroy red blood cells.

Wimbush, a Roanoke podiatrist, is leading the local part of a national campaign funded by the federal government to increase the number of black people on the list. They currently are only 2 percent of those registered nationally.

More information can be obtained from Wimbish at 982-0253 or from the Marrow Donor Center of the Virginias at 985-3512.

by CNB