After the devastating loss of 3-year old Jaden Hilton to Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) cancer on January 29, 2007, due to the lack of available bone marrow or cord blood donors within the National Registry. On January 30, 2007, Preserve Our Legacy, Inc. was born!
Preserve Our Legacy’s mission is to educate individuals, especially those with from various ethnic groups, about the benefits of stem cells and treatment options they provide through bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) and cord blood donation.
The organization provides educational resources needed to focus on early detection, which can lead to prompt treatment and improve the chances of a productive life and beneficial outcome. Through adult stem cell donation via umbilical cord blood and/or bone marrow, diseases such as Leukemia, Sickle Cell Anemia, AIDS, Heart Disease, Diabetes, in addition to, 76 other diseases will effectively be treated, in fact it’s a cure for Sickle Cell Anemia.
The organization is fighting for a new law titles, Jaden’s Law; to require the Department of Health to provide an online brochure about PBSC and/or bone marrow donation. The Jaden Hilton Initiative is to provide information as well as educate individuals that live in heavily ethnic diverse communities as well hospitals to educate citizens of treatment options for health disparities provided through peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC), bone marrow and/or umbilical cord blood.
To learn more about Preserve Our Legacy visit www.preserveourlegacy.org.
