February 7, 2009 10:30 PM

I want to thank everyone who came by today to register themselves as bone marrow donors. Your kindness is truly appreciated.

I also want to give a special thanks to all of you who came by to volunteer your time to assist with the running of the event. Without people like you it is impossible to to get the job done. As we all know, without volunteers many, many things in this world could not and would not be accomplished. Thanks once again.

I especially want to thank my daughter, Jennifer, who coordinated the effort with Dana-Farber, helped to get the word out to the community about the drive, ordered the custom shirts for the family, and worked diligently to come up with the items to be raffled off. It was a lot of work.

I want to apologize for not personally being there. However, with only 4 days to go until I enter the hospital for the actual transplant, I cannot jeopardize the status of my health and be in possibly risky crowd situations.

As a heads up, the plan is to do a second drive next year during the month of April. For those of you who registered as donors this year, you, obviously, need not do it ever again. For those who could not make it today, another opportunity will present itself.

Once again, thanks to all.....

Bob