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District 3490 Taiwan - Zone 9 102 Clubs 4,752 Members
as of 28 Feb 2022
Huang, Wen-Long Chen, Wang-Chuan
(Wood) (Paul)
District Governor District Governor
2021-22 2022-23
D.3490 D.3490
3490 Sponsorship of donation project of marrow stem cells to save more lives
Through the Global Grant (GG No.
2125546), the blood test files in the database
were strengthened, increasing the opportunity
to save more lives due to successful transplant
resulting from the close match of bone marrow
stem cells of patients and donors. And the
project that reached up to US$87,350 was
launched at the 60th anniversary of RC Hualien
in 2021.
The project originated in the story cell donation to those with blood diseases.
of Zhu Yi who was suffering from blood Even in the end, before he passed away from
cancer in 2017. But the boy recovered after lymphoma in December 2019, he still hoped
finding matched stem cells and receiving that someone could make his wish come true,
the marrow transplant. Then in December which is recruiting 100,000 young people to
2017, he expressed his gratitude to his donors be donors of marrow stem cell and gathering
and impressed countless people through a their blood test filing into database. Then, the
"T-Pad" wall of light on Taipei 101, which Rotarians of the club actively contributed to the
was displaying the text "Thanks to my marrow fulfillment of Zhu Yi's wish after a memorial
donors, so that I can be reborn." gathering.
Zhu Yi's father is the 47th president of The Rotary Club of Hualien embarked on
RC Hualien "Niwa". Because of Zhu Yi, the preparation of the donation project in 2019.
club understood the benefit of marrow stem At the beginning, those Rotarians came to
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