A few years ago Paul Kwon was a searching patient. His brother conducted some successful drives for him in the Virginia area with the help from local sports community.  One of the persons who attended the marrow drives in Virginia was a dedicated volunteer from Chicago.  When he heard about Conner’s search for an unrelated donor, he was determined to do something about it. He decided to recruit donors. With A3M's help, a group of 53 volunteers who could go out in the community to create awareness and recruit donors was trained and organized. The goal was set to be 3000 donors in 4 months.

The campaign began in October 2009. A wel-planned publicity campaign was under way. The volunteers contacted local churches, did presentations, produced and distributed a Public Service Announcement, communicated with media and gave interviews to educate the community. The donor registration drives were scheduled to be on December 13th.  All 53 volunteers took part in the recruitment campaign. The drives were conducted at total of 11 churches, 1 concert and 2 markets to register donors.  They registered 402 donors in one day. So far this group of volunteers has registered 1200 donors. They have planned a few more drives to reach their goal of registering 3000 donors.  We have no doubt that they will make it happen.  Their selfless devotion inspires us every day and gives hope to patients all over the world.