For Immediate Release

2nd ANNUAL THALASSEMIA FUNDRAISER
TO RAISE AWARENESS - VANCOUVER, BC

DR. ALIYA KABANI, A NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR FROM COQUITLAM, BC AND A SURVIVOR OF A RARE HEREDITARY BLOOD DISORDER CALLED BETA-THALASSEMIA MAJOR, IS HOLDING HER 2ND ANNUAL THALASSEMIA FUNDRAISER ON:
THURSDAY MAY 6TH 2010
At CIRCA RESTO LOUNGE
1050 GRANVILLE STREET VANCOUVER BC
WITH DJ DELIRIOUS FEATURING
OL SKOOL, TOP 40 AND R&B.
     

DJ Delirious will start off the event at 8pm. All proceeds raised will be donated to the Vancouver Thalassemia Society, the Hemoglobal Organization helping children suffering with Thalassemia in Sri Lanka, as well as to Thalassemia patients in Pakistan. It is also intended to influence others to donate blood and to put their names on the bone marrow donor registry list, which is officially called OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network.

 

This 2nd annual fundraiser will include a dating auction, a silent auction, and a psychic reading table.

 

Ticket prices are $25 and include a free drink and appetizers.

 

TIX WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT EVENTBRITE.COM NOW! (Event Number: 638599067)

 

Background

 

Dr. Kabani (also known as Dr. Aliya) is not only a doctor of naturopathic medicine, but is a past patient who was diagnosed at age 3 with Beta-thalassemia major, and was fortunate to undergo a bone marrow transplant at age 13, donated by her older sister, Zahra Alibhai. Dr. Kabani's hope is that this will be the beginning of increasing thalassemia awareness, not only in BC, but across the world.

 

To read more about Thalassemia and Dr. Kabani's story, please visit www.aliyakabani.com and her facebook page.

 

Contact

 

For more information about the fundraiser, please contact Dr. Aliya Kabani at 604-786-3407 or email her at drkabani@gmail.com.

 

To make a donation, please contact

Dr. Aliya Kabani at 604-786-3407
Zahra Alibhai at 604-988-7896

 

THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR DONORS AND SPONSORS

 

* STAR'S CHOICE LIMOUSINE SERVICES - DOOR DRAW PRIZE MIDNIGHT BEFORE EVENT

* CIRCA RESTO LOUNGE

* MINE STYLE SOURCE HAIR SALON

* SINISTER SKIN TATTOO AND BODY PIERCING
* RAIN HAIR SALON
* GRIFFIN TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

* THIRD EYE PRO MULTI MEDIA

* BROWN'S SOCIAL CLUB

* ORGANIZED CHAOS TECHNOLOGIES - Sony 24x DVD +/- SATA Internal DVD Writer

* OCEAN DAY SPA - COQUITLAM BC
* RAHIM AMARSHI, B.SC.D.CH,CHIROPODIST/FOOT SPECIALIST - TORONTO, ONTARIO
* MOE BALOO, D.C. - METROTOWN BURNABY
* STARBUCKS, WESTWOOD PLATEAU COQUITLAM BC
* YASMIN HASHAM, HAIR & MAKE UP
* SHEFARR ENTERPRISES
* LIDS- METROTOWN BURNABY
* DR. CAROL ZAWADA, ND - ZAWADA HEALTH
* DR. JOLENE KENNETT, ND - NORTH VANCOUVER, BC
* PARTY TAILORS - PORT MOODY, BC
* BOUCHER INSTITUTE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE
* BODY TEMPLE MASSAGE - PORT COQUITLAM BC - Massage and Body Mud Bath

* REFLEX NUTRITION