41-year-old Anh Reiss has been diagnosed with a very rare type of leukemia called myelodysplastic syndrome, or MDS. Seven million Americans have signed up to be potential donors but of those registered with the National Marrow Donor Program, only 15,000 are of Vietnamese heritage, which is crucial in finding a match.
Cancer affects us all, and ATG encourages you to get screened and become a bone marrow donor. Read this compelling story of how one Asian woman is in a battle for her life.
Get tested and make a difference in our community today. You could save a life!
Thank you so much to our sponsors, volunteers, models, designers, Board and guests for supporting us and making Fashion For A Passion an enormous success!
Emceed by the lovely Tina Craig (of BagSnob.com) and David Ninh (Fashion reporter for Dallas Morning News F! D Luxe) we had a great turnout of over 270 people and exceeded our fundraising goal! The night featured beautiful designs by Freedom Parc, Aiden Vo, Kim Phuong Pham, Khanh Nguyen and Lizzi London. Thank you to the designers for donating your time in efforts. Without you, the show could not have been possible, and congratulations to Aiden for his recent acceptance into the elite Parsons School of Design in New York City!
Thank you to everyone again! No amount of words could express how grateful we are for your endless help and support. Please visit our Flickr page to see photos from the event. Special thanks to our photographers David Loi, Jacob Fakheri, Daniel Song, and Hubert Duong for capturing our event with your wonderful photography talents and to Ryan Youngblood and Alex Hughes of Trench Films for your videography and compelling PSA.
Design by Kim Phuong Pham. Photo courtesy of Hubert Duong.Design by Khanh Nguyen. Photo courtesy of David Loi.Design by Aiden Vo. Photo courtesy of Hubert Duong.Design by Lizzi London. Photo courtesy of Daniel Song.
