WEBSITE: www.stepstomarrow.com

Jada Bascom, my grandaughter, was born with acute myeloid leukemia; she had a bone marrow transplant when she was 6 months old. Jada is in remission and living happily with her parents in Deer Park, WA.

In order to express our gratitude to the innumerable people it took to save Jada’s life and to support our family through this crisis we began the Jada Bascom Foundation. The foundation is sponsoring Steps To-Marrow, in which I, Jada’s grandmother, Jeana Moore, will be walking from Seattle to Los Angeles and Los Angeles to New York City, to raise awareness around the need for bone marrow donors and to recruit potential bone marrow donors for the National Bone Marrow Registry.

We hope that through our efforts many people will find their match just like Jada did.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Paso Robles, CA

Paso Robles, CA Dear Friends, 3/2/10
I had three nights at the Farmhouse Motel in Paso Robles thanks to my friend Bob Lee in San Francisco. On Tuesday night I went to the Paso Robles city council meeting. I told Jada's story and talked about the walk. Then I made two requests that they share information about how to become a member of the National Bone Marrow Registry online with all city employees and that they make a proclamation for an annual bone marrow donation awareness day. The city council meeting is broadcast and when I got back to my hotel room I had a message from Dave Hanush. In the message he said his wife, Lyn, had walked across the counry and that they would like to meet with me before I left Paso Robles if there was time. I called them back right away and we made arrangements to meet the next day following my walk to Atascadero. They kindly offered to pick me up and bring me back in the morning so I could enjoy one more night at the Farmhouse Motel in Paso Robles. Lyn and Dave drove me around Paso Robles so I could make contacts for a bone marrow donor dirve and follow up with the city council contacts from the day before. Then we shared a wonderful Italian dinner and ice cream from Cold Stones. Lyn said that she would like to walk with me from Atasacadero to San Luis Obispo the following morning. Great contact in Paso Robles!
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