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The goal of the Better World Today Association is to ensure that no man, woman or child shall be deprived of a necessary Bone Marrow Transplant as the result of a lack of donors on the World-wide Registry, by raising public awareness of the need for Bone Marrow donors through Education; Special Events; Media Involvement; Community Sponsorships, And Fund-Raising Efforts.
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On June 13th, 2003 Ron Giles
donated his bone marrow to a young teenager, Tom Garrett. When Ron and his
family met Tommy and Tom’s family, it changed their lives forever.
That was the beginning of the incredible journey that we are on today.
After fighting for Tom and fighting for machines to help treat Tommy`s
GVHD, Ron and Frank Giles met a most amazing young man studying to become a
doctor, that desperately needed a Bone Marrow Transplant. Uzoma Azuh,
encouraged people to get on the bone marrow registry, especially the minorities.
He was fighting for his life and he spent hours in educating people to get on
the marrow registry. He passed away before he was able to find a donor.
Frank Giles had a dream to get as many people together to come out for a camping
weekend to educate them on the importance of being on the bone marrow registry
through entertainment and sporting events. With a date set and only 7
weeks to the camp a committee was formed and Camp 4 Compassion was born.
When Camp 4 Compassion concluded, our group met again and we realized we needed
to form an official organization.
Better
World Today Association is quickly becoming a house hold name in Windsor and
Essex County.
We continue to hold Camp 4 Compassion on an annual basis. We
expanded it this year to bring more people out so we can educate many people at
one time. Please join the registry, so no one has to die before they find
a match. In Canada
www.onematch.ca and in US
www.marrow.org.
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Better World Today Association Members... |
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| Frank Giles | President | |
| Chris Lo Duca | Vice President | |
| Ron Giles | Vice President | |
| Annette Wiper | Treasurer | |
| Liana Berry | Secretary | |
| Talmadge Gilbert | Executive Member | |
| Pam Bellemore Lo Duca | Executive Member | |
| April Emond | Executive Member | |
| Regis Emond | Executive Member | |
Windsor’s
Megan Renaud and Amanda Filbey, students at Holy
Names High School presented their civics projects with great esteem. The
pair chose to do their project on local charity Better World Today
Association, an organization that is determined to ensure that no man, woman
or child shall be deprived of a necessary Bone Marrow Transplant as the result
of a lack of donors on the World-wide Registry, by raising public awareness of
the need for Bone Marrow donors through Education; Special Events; Media
Involvement; Community Sponsorships, And Fund-Raising Efforts. Megan and
Amanda where well received with a 100% final mark on their project and a trip to
Toronto where they moved on to receive the $5,000.00 "Youth Philanthropy
Award" from Ontario Primer Dalton McGuinty on behalf of the Better World
Today Association.
Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario Speech
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