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Anthony Daniels, families hope to find bone marrow match at Ridgewood Run

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MAY 24, 2015    LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2015, 7:07 AM
BY AIMEE LA FOUNTAIN
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THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

Delete Blood Cancer will host a donor drive tent at The Fred D’Elia Ridgewood Run 2015 on May 25 at Veteran’s Memorial Field.

The purpose of the drive is to find bone marrow matches for those suffering from blood diseases, including 23-year-old Ridgewood resident Anthony Daniels, who has Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

“Our goal is to find a match for Anthony as well as numerous others fighting the good fight against blood cancers,” said Mayor Paul Aronsohn. “It’s quick, it’s easy, and it’s so very important.”

Aronsohn helped organize the tent.

“The idea came to me from a mutual friend of mine, Ridgewood resident Linda Scarpa, and Anthony’s father, Kevin Daniels, who suggested the Memorial Day Ridgewood Run as a venue for another drive,” the mayor said. “I thought the idea was great and immediately contacted Gail Kislevitz, who then reached out to the North Jersey Masters board, which embraced the idea.”

“Our family’s been blessed with such outreach from friends, school mates, acquaintances and strangers,” Kevin said. “The support has been first-rate from our mayor and our new friends at North Jersey Masters.”

https://www.northjersey.com/community-news/organizers-hope-to-find-a-match-1.1341859

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Bradley Cooper, Georgia May Jagger help Ridgewood man’s quest for marrow donors

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MAY 18, 2015    LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, MAY 18, 2015, 1:21 AM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
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RIDGEWOOD — The last month has been something of a whirlwind for village resident Anthony Daniels.

The spirited 23-year-old, whose ongoing battle against Hodgkin’s lymphoma recently was the focus of a documentary film, has been rubbing elbows with the likes of Robert De Niro and Randy Jackson at galas.

He’s fresh from shooting a public service announcement with “It Girl” model Georgia May Jagger, daughter of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, and in recent appearances on SiriusXM Satellite Radio and the Huffington Post, the boxer and onetime Ridgewood High School hockey standout inspired thousands with his story, hoping people would register as bone marrow donors.

And let’s not forget that nationally televised segment Daniels just did with Oscar-nominated actor Bradley Cooper.

“That … that was an unreal experience,” said Daniels, who may or may not be the only person in Ridgewood who text-messages and emails with the “American Sniper” star.

“It took about a week for it to sink in that I was actually on ‘Good Morning America’ with one of the biggest movie stars on the planet.”

Daniels said he walked up to Cooper in the lobby of a New York City hotel several weeks ago, and the thespian pledged his support “the second he heard ‘boxer with cancer.’ ”

 

https://www.northjersey.com/news/health-news/a-shot-of-star-power-in-war-against-cancer-1.1336825