LifeForManish

My friend and neighbor Manish Bhardwaj(34 years old, 2 kids – 5 years and 17 months) has been diagnosed with Leukemia, AML. He is at M.D Anderson, Cancer Institute in Houston Texas.

Only chance of his survival is a bone marrow transplant. We (few families) are conducting drives, to collect saliva samples from Indian ethnic group. We go to several places Indian Congregate and do the drives

We have been successful in Texas (Austin, Dallas, and Houston), New Jersey, Michigan, Atlanta, Connecticut and Bay area.

We are in need of volunteers to help us during the drive. We need people to help people fill out application, and help with the swap test. There will we representative from Nation marrow Donor Program. However, they need help managing crowd.

I was wondering if any of you would be able to help. We are in need of volunteers in Philadelphia, New Jersey, Connecticut and New york.

Esp. This saturday at Bhartiya Temple in Philadelphia. There is a bone marrow drive for Manish. If 2 or 3 people can come there from 10 - 12:00pm.. to help out it would be great. Please email.



Attached is link to my brother's blog
http://vparamas.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/09/what-if-i-tell-you-you-can-save-a-life-someone-could.htm

Additional information on Manish is found on this website. (Life for Manish)

Manish's plea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfLf5YWxJiY


Please let me know if you and/or your friends would be able to help.


Volunteers4Manish@hotmail.com

Thank you,
Mathavi


Help bring a smile back to life.

Volunteers4Manish@hotmail.com


Please forward this to your friends and contact too. There are several Indians like Manish waiting for a Match!

Manish Bhardwaj (1974-2008 )

It is with deep regret we inform that Manish Bhardwaj lost his battle with cancer and passed away on Thursday, November 6th 2008 at 9:45 AM in Houston. Manish is survived by his wife Renuka, 5 year old daughter Ankita and 1 year old son Arjun. He started his journey to almighty and all are praying for him to rest in peace.

Manish's passing away was untimely but he indeed lived his life wonderfully. Manish did a lot on earth. I'm sure he will do much more in heaven. All the memories we have shared with him will forever be cherished and remembered. Manish will forever live in our hearts.

Manish adored his family. His wife, Renuka, daughter, Ankita and son Arjun were the center of his universe. His daughter Ankita had a special place in his heart. He could not take enough pictures of her.

The vast outpouring of love and support shown during his illness by all the people he has touched provides a solid stepping stone for all of us as we try to deal with this loss and move forward. At this difficult time, please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you all for the good wishes, prayer and support you all have provided in various bone marrow drives. Infact two perfect marrow matches were identified.

This is not the time for us to grieve his passing away but it's our time to celebrate his life. He wanted to make everyone happy. Think back and remember how Manish touched our lives. We should all be thankful that we were given the chance to have known him. Manish, a good friend, great husband, son and father will forever be missed.



May his soul rest in peace

I was extremely sad to see the first post and pained to see nandshyam's post. I pray that all peope who knew and loved Manish get enough strength to bear the loss. My heart goes out to the young chidren.
Regards,
meenu