More information to come on our projects throughout the San Diego community, as NAK gives back!
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Adelante Latino Conference
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Sweetwater Unified School District
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Nu Alpha Kappa Fraternity, Inc. - Lambda Chapter
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Phi Lambda Rho Sorority, Inc. - Gamma Chapter
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NAK & Reality Changers
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Helping High School Students
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Make Dreams Become Reality
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Mission Statement
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Vision and Goal-
"Reality Changers hopes to improve each member's relationship with God (wherever that relationship may currently be) and send each member away to a four-year university upon completion of high school. Each member is expected to maintain a GPA of 3.0 or above and is given a computer if their family does not have one already. Also, each member must pass a random drug test administered at least once a year.
Reality Changers desires to send members with a 3.5 GPA or above to UCSD's Academic Connections. Here, they live in college dorms for three weeks and earn college credit while still in high school. Tuition costs $3,000 per student and Reality Changers depends on support from individuals, churches, and foundations for funding. RC plans to send at least 30 of its students to UCSD in the summer of 2006.
Reality Changers also holds SAT workshops where students earn points through weekly quizzes that accumulate over the entire school year. When a student earns 1,000 points, he/she earns a $350 scholarship to attend Forest Home Christian Camp. RC plans to send up to 75 campers to Forest Home in the summer of 2006."
-Reality Changers
http://www.realitychangers.org
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NAK & NMDP
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The Hispanos Dando Esperanza
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NAK Hermandad Initiative
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Mission Statement
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The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP),
created in 1986, is a non-profit organization based
in Minneapolis , Minnesota . Its mission is to extend
and improve life through innovative stem cell therapies.
The Hispanos Dando Esperanza: Nu Alpha Kappa Fraternity,
Inc.-Hermandad Initiative is dedicated to outreaching
the Hispanic/Latino communities. This outreach to the
Hispanic/Latino community demonstrates that the National
Marrow Donor Program and Nu Alpha Kappa Fraternity,
Inc. are committed to serving our cultural diversity
U.S.A. This initiative promotes innovation and teamwork.
By incorporating these values, the National Marrow Donor
Program and Nu Alpha Kappa Fraternity, Inc. aspire to
set a standard of excellence nationwide that rewards
our recipients, donors, volunteers, and communities.
This Hispanic/Latino Stem Cell and Marrow Initiative
focuses efforts throughout California Colorado and Nevada
with 92 National Marrow Donor Program ® donor centers
and 10 recruitment groups, and 21 Nu Alpha Kappa Fraternity,
Inc. Chapters.
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The National Marrow Donor
Program ® - History
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The National Marrow Donor Program ® (NMDP),
created in 1986, is a non-profit organization based
in Minneapolis, Minnesota that facilitates unrelated
donor stem cell transplants for patients with life-threatening
blood diseases who do not have matching donors in their
families. Currently, the NMDP ® facilitates more
than 100 transplants each month. The NMDP ® provides
a single point of access for all sources of blood stem
cells used in transplantation: marrow, peripheral blood
and umbilical cord blood. The Registry is able to search
its own database and provide physicians with information
on multiple stem cell sources for life-saving transplants.
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Hispanic/Latino Need
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Life threatening diseases such as leukemia and aplastic
anemia are equal opportunity diseases. Blood diseases
occur at similar rates among members of all races and
ethnic groups including Hispanics/Latinos. If a patient
is diagnosed with one of these life-threatening diseases
and requires a blood stem cells transplant, the first
chance for an identical Human Leukocyte Antigen matched
stem cell or marrow is from a sibling. If no match is
found, stem cells or marrow from a donor unrelated to
the patient is the alternative. Because a match must
be exact and the uniqueness of antigen types, the best
chance for a match is from within the patients own racial
or ethnic group.
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Hispanic/Latino Stem Cell
and Marrow Initiative
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The National Marrow Donor Program ®
and Nu Alpha Kappa Fraternity, Inc. vigorously supports
campaigns and outreach initiatives to expand the pool
of unrelated stem cell and marrow donors of minority
heritage in order to improve the chances of minority
patients finding matched unrelated donors. The Hispanic/Latino
Stem Cell and Marrow Initiative is a program designed
to reach out to the Hispanic/Latino communities.
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NAK HERMANDAD INITIATIVE
MARROW DRIVE EFFORTS
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| Location |
Registered |
Date |
| Los Angeles(Glendale) |
69 |
October 1999 |
| San Diego (PledgeFest) |
49 |
November 1999 |
| Santa Clara (NAKFest) |
50 |
April 2000 |
| San Diego(Chicano Park) |
38 |
April 2000 |
| San Diego State University |
48 |
May 2000 |
| UC, San Diego |
24 |
May 2000 |
| UC, Santa Barbara |
75 |
May 23, 2000 |
| National Conference of La Raza |
88 |
July 2000 |
| NAK National Drive (All Chapters) |
688 |
October 2001 |
| NAKfest - Sacramento |
88 |
April 2002 |
| NAK National Drive (All Chapters) |
495 |
October 2002 |
| NAKfest – UC Davis |
65 |
April 2003 |
| NAK National Drive (All Chapters) |
550 |
October 2003 |
| NAKfest – UC San Diego |
105 |
April 2004 |
| NAK National Drive (All Chapters) |
423 |
October 2004 |
| UC, San Diego |
42 |
November 2004 |
| NAK National Drive (All Chapters) |
420 |
April 2005 |
| UC, San Diego |
42 |
November 2005 |
NEW REGISTRATION
- YTD GRAND TOTAL - 3375 |
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