This month is the annual ExplorAsian festival, which celebrates Asian heritage in Metro Vancouver. It features a large number of events from lectures to arts and entertainment.

One of the events held Saturday, May 13, at Metrotown in Burnaby is a little bit different. Held in partnership with Canadian Blood Services, its an outreach to the Asian community and those from multi-ethnic or biracial backgrounds to consider becoming a stem cell donor. Matching blood types is relatively easy matching stem cell and bone marrow donors to patients in need is quite hard, especially for those from diverse backgrounds. In fact the more diverse we become in B.C., the more critical our need for diverse donors.

I talked to the organizers of the Thanks Mom Give Life 2017 campaign this week.

You can find out more information about stem cell and blood donation at Canadian Blood Services.

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