FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ellis Lichtfuss
Historian, Valpo PRSSA
Get Swabbed Comes to Valparaiso University
Dec, 10, 2013
Valparaiso, IN- The Public Relations Student Society of America at Valparaiso
University is hosting ‘Get Swabbed’ this Thursday, Dec. 12, from 1 p.m.- 5:30 p.m.
The event will take place in the Hearth located in the Harre Union at 1509
Chapel Dr. Valparaiso, IN 46383.
This event will ask
that students, faculty and staff have their cheeks swabbed to see if they are a
match to donate bone marrow. The participants will be registered in the bone
marrow registry for Be The Match. Be The Match helps children and adults to
find the match they need for bone marrow transplants.
Valparaiso University
PRSSA is helping one leukemia patient in particular. Ben, a 13 year old from
Chicago is part of the 7% of people who do not find a match for bone marrow. Valpo
PRSSA first heard about this event when their sister chapter, Columbia College
Chicago, was unsuccessful in finding Ben a match for their ‘Get Swabbed’ event
last year.
”I am so excited for ‘Get
Swabbed’! It’s for a great cause,” said Lauren Robinson, the event planner for
PRSSA. “The opportunity to head this event means the world to me because my
grandpa died of leukemia and I can only hope that I can help someone with this
same disease and beat this awful
cancer.”
Valparaiso University
PRSSA is certified by PRSSA national. PRSSA is a pre-professional organization
of over 11,000 students nationwide. Valpo PRSSA currently has 20 active members
and is led by Chapter President Ellie Lange and adviser Lanie Steinwart.
For more information
about ‘Get Swabbed’ please contact Lauren Robinson, event planner for Valpo
PRSSA, at Lauren.Robinson@valpo.edu
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