BY SHAKARI BRIGGS DALLAS Life for Jakobe “Kobe” Washington changed drastically roughly seven months ago on August 10. It was then he was diagnosed with a rare disease – acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Now, Communities in Florida and Dallas are hoping to find the eight-year-old a blood stem cell donor match to help save his life.[…]

Jakobe Washington, an 8-year-old boy from Punta Gorda, Fl only wants one thing for Christmas this year…a matching bone marrow donor to save his life. Read the story from the Port Charlotte SUN. You can become a potential donor by joining the registry. It’s simple, safe, and free. JOIN THE REGISTRY

By Andres David Lopez Rick Frazee is known for using different vehicles in his trucking company fleet to plow snow for his neighbors in Addison, Pa. This year, his fight with acute myeloid leukemia and two bouts of pneumonia have sidelined him. “He would be up all day and night plowing,” said Julee, his daughter.[…]