ENDORSEMENTS
Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator
As a United States Senator representing the people of California, I salute the Joanne Pang Foundation for its outstanding and important contribution to the field of public cord blood banking to provide vital support for patients with a wide range of bone marrow disorders, including genetic diseases and leukemia.
Jackie Speier, United States Congresswoman
Everyone in the Bay Area should not walk, but run, to their checkbook to write a contribution to the Joanne Pang Foundation.
Leland Yee, California State Senator
Best wishes for success to the Joanne Pang Foundation and its supporters as they work to establish the first public, non-profit umbilical cord blood bank here in Northern California. Cord blood should not go to waste. Its special cells can help save lives and treat patients with diseases such as leukemia and sickle cell disease. I am pleased to lend my support to this noble cause.
Carol Migden, California State Senator
It’s a miraculous new approach. Umbilical cord blood has rich genetic material that can lead to 100% percent cure and recovery for many deadly blood diseases. It is especially hard to match multicultural California patients with donor cord blood and bone-marrow donors. It is even more of a challenge for unique individuals with blood heritage from different backgrounds to find an identical match.
Fiona Ma, California State Assemblywoman
This campaign is on the front line of saving lives. Cord blood stem cells have the power to provide new life for those who otherwise would have little hope for survival. The Bay Area's diverse and generous residents make San Francisco the perfect location to establish this life saving bank.
Carmen Chu, San Francisco Supervisor
I commend the Joanne Pang Foundation for spearheading a campaign that will help alleviate the difficulties for those searching for life-saving transplants. With over 6,000 patients, families and friends seeking a matching bone marrow donor or cord blood unit on any given day, it is imperative that we establish the cord blood bank for those suffering from blood and marrow disorders, such as leukemia and other cancers.
Morton Cowan, M.D., University of California San Francisco
Umbilical cord blood is a very rich source of bone marrow stem cells which can be used to restore bone marrow function following high dose chemotherapy and radiation therapy in adults and children with a wide range of bone marrow disorders, including genetic diseases and leukemias. Cord blood cells do not have to be matched to the same degree as bone marrow from a living donor and collecting them is non-invasive and relatively easy since cord blood is typically discarded after a baby is born.
Michael Amylon, M.D., Stanford University
There is a critical need for increased capacity for public cord blood banking, and, because of its ethnic diversity, the San Francisco Bay Area is an especially good place for this to happen.
TRIBUTES AND MEMORIAL REFLECTIONS
David and Carmelle Reiser
In memory of Joe Pang.
Tom and Deidre Shymanski
In memory of Joe Pang.
Mary E. Peterson
In memory of Joe Pang.
Annamaria Flamburis-Soberanis
My deepest condolences to the Pang family.
Susana Flores
In loving memory of Joe and Joanne.
Herbert and Verna Marie Li
In memory of Joseph Pang
Michael and Michelle O’Driscoll
In Joe Pang’s memory
Guerzon Family
In memory of Joe Pang
Denis and Joanne Driscoll
In memory of Joseph Pang.
Luana Letele
A tribute to Joseph Pang.
Bob and Susie Buckley
In loving memory of Joe Pang.
Noreen and Jack Harrington
In memory of Joe Pang.
Louise and William Nakamura
In memory of Dr. Joseph Pang.
Albert and Anna Wang
In memory of Joseph Pang.
Mary Ann Leontiades
In loving memory to a wonderful man, co-worker, and friend - Joe Pang, you will be missed
Paik Swan Low and Steve Hirsch
In loving memory of a vivacious, joyful, strong girl, Joanne, and in tribute to a loving family: Joe, Anne and Christopher.
Henry G. and Phyllis W. Gómez
In memory of our son, Michael Henry Gómez, who died of AIDS in 1990 at the age of 36.
Wendy, Fen, Nigel and Fiona
In memory of Joanne Pang, in support of our good friend Joseph Pang, and the Joanne Pang Foundation.
Rhonda Reiser and Family
In memory of Joseph Driscoll. He was many things, including an American success story, but what his family really remembers him for is a strong, loving patriarch whose love and commitment for family always came first.
Trish Magee
The family would like to acknowledge Anne McAntee Keville.
