Amit Gupta is a friend and photo geek who started PhotoJojo & Jelly.
Two weeks ago, Amit was diagnosed with a rare yet life threatening condition: leukemia.
Even as he’s undergoing chemo sessions, he could use some real help right now.
His friends and colleagues are organizing massive checkups worldwide to find a bone marrow donor and help save his life.
How can you help?
- If you’re South Asian, get a free test by mail.
You rub your cheeks with a cotton swab and mail it back. It’s easy. - If you’re in NYC, you can go to this event Amit’s friends are putting on.
- If you know any South Asians (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, or Sri Lanka), please point ‘em to the links above.
- Organize a donor drive near you (the most helpful thing you could possibly do!) email 100kcheecks@gmail.com. They’ll send you kits, flyers, tell you what to say, and make the whole process easy cheesy.
Need a push?
If you are a match for Amit and the marrow donation happens, Amit’s friend and mentor Seth Godin will profile you or the project of your choice on his blog and send you a check for $10,000 for you or the charity of your choice. He calls it “Eliminating the impulse to stall”.
Above all, let me tell you that Amit is a fabulous person who is taking this whole situation very sportingly and ‘checking in’ at his hospital on FourSquare to be the mayor! He’s a friendly, affable geek who has created wonderful web experiences - especially for the photography community and startups.
Let’s win this battle against cancer. Together.
