#superamit

Facebook - The nearby friends feature shows your own picture with your partner's (if available) to illustrate its use.

Flickr Friday: Confetti swirling in NYC, circa 2005, to help us get in the mood for New Year's Eve... (As if we needed help.)

Who said the internet isn't good for you?

Seeing Photojojo's Amit and his need for bone marrow being reblogged all over Tumblr really made an impact on me. Taking 2 minutes out of my day to send in my sample and maybe a week of soreness (tops) to save someone's life? No brainer. Scary? Yes, but in my eyes worth it. I only hope one day, if I was ever in need bone marrow, blood or god knows what else someone would do the same for me. 

We're in need of a few volunteers to help in NYC and elsewhere. Can you help?

In NYC, Samar is looking for a few volunteers for a few hours this Sunday to help assemble swab kits. Comment on this Facebook post for more info.

In Boston, Josh Gardner is looking volunteers to help at donor drives he's organizing, as well as people who have connections to local universities. Here's his post and he's asking that people email him at [email protected].

Jackie's still looking for volunteers to help contact Indian temples and cultural centers about hosting donor drives. You can be anywhere to help. She needs people to help email, design, and write. Contact her at [email protected].

Please reblog!

Look how easy it is to swab for Amit, hooray!

Get the kit from marrow.org!

Swab!

Send!

Post your swabs with the tag #iswabbedforamit. 

Check out amitguptaneedsyou.com for all the ways you can help.

Amit Gupta - October 2009 - California by Kevin Meredith aka lomokev

This Amit Gupta aka SuperAmit as he is know on flickr & twitter AKA the guy that started Photojojo.

Amit recently started feeling tired all the time, usually when this happens to a San Francisco start up CEO its just "burn out" but unfortunately this was not the case. It turns out he has Leukemia. At the moment he is going through chemo but once done he will need a bone marrow transplant for the best chance of survival. Unfortunately because of his ancestry its tough to find a donor as not many people of South Asian decent are on the transplant register. If you are off South Asian decent (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Nepalis, Bhutan, Maldives, or Sri Lankan) you can get a free mouth swab kit to see if you are compatible donor (if you live in the United States or Puerto Rico).

If your not of South Asian decent or reside outside of the united states you can still help by: re-blogging this tumbler post and genrally spreading the word.