I NEWS PROFILE OF A PARTNER STACY LICHT GORDON SHE DOES WHAT?: Ultrasonographer (performs ultrasounds). WHAT'S NEW: Stacy and husband David are expecting their first Allison Atlas' Story: Help Comes To Others child in May EDUCATION: University of Michigan, Class of '85, B.S. in psychology; University of Wisconsin, completed ultrasound training ELENA NEUMAN ALLIED JEWISH CAMPAIGN ROLE: Associate chairman of Young Adult Division $500 Special to The Jewish News section and Super Sunday volunteer for six years A LISTEN TO YOUR PARENTS: "My parents instilled strong Jewish values in all of us (her and fEIDER4 ), :- 5111 J ° PARTNERS FOR LIFE three sisters), and to be aware of those around us who are less fortunate. I see the dedication that the leadership has to this community. As young adults, it is up to us to be involved so we will be able to assume those roles when the current leaders step aside." 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In the Mayfair Shops At Northwestern Hwy. Monday-Saturday 10-5:30 Thursday 10-8:30 353-1424 Steven franklin optics 32 FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1990 6891 Orchard Lake Road on The Boardwalk south of Maple (313) 855.5810 CLASSIFIEDS GET RESULTS! Call The Jewish News 354.6060 20-year-old girl's des- perate search for a bone marrow donor has caught the eye of the nation and brought hope back into the lives of many other leukemia victims. But the tragedy of Allison Atlas continues, as the Bethesda, Md., resident struggles to cling to life, and hope. "I know time is running out," says Allison. "I was given three to six months to find a donor, and now I'm in my sixth month." The longer they wait, the lower the chances are that a transplant will be suc- cessful. "We haven't had any trou- ble finding donors so far. We were amazed at the turnout and how much people have cared." With over 14,000 persons tested across the eastern United States in the last two months, Atlas' un- precedented public cam- paign to find compatible bone marrow — although not successful in her case — has found potential donors for 15 other victims of the cancer. "I'm still very optimistic," says Atlas, a New York Uni- versity business major with a broad smile and sparkling eyes. "And I think it's great that all these people have found potential donors. "I guess the nicest thing is that people don't have to look at me and feel sorry. They can do something. And if they can't help me specifically, well, maybe they will end up helping someone else." But people do look at Allison and feel sorry. Since Nov. 19, when the family decided to go public after un- successfully testing 200 ex- tended family members, Allison has appeared throughout the broadcast and print media. "Allison dreaded the idea of becoming a public figure," says Nick Kotz, a cousin and a journalist who first publicized Atlas' plight. "She's become a real leader, though. When she goes on TV, she makes people want to help." Simon Atlas, Allison's first cousin who is helping to co- ordinate the Friends of Allison campaign, agrees. "There's a certain charisma she has in terms of her fight Allison Atlas and determination to beat this. It's the old American determination that says 'I'm going to win.' " With time running out, it may be Allison's Jewishness that will determine whether she lives or dies. Allison suffers from a rare form of leukemia for which there is no treatment, only the possibility of a cure through a bone marrow transplant. Such transplants are complicated, requiring compatibility for six diff- erent antigens. "It's a big lottery and everybody knows it," says Simon Atlas. "They say the odds are one in 20,000" of finding an individual com- patible on all the six counts. "It's like looking for a needle in a haystack." Doctors say the best chance to save Allison prob- ably will come from locating an unknown distant relative of eastern European Jewish origin. Such persons would have roots in the Lithuanian village of Disna and Braslave near Vilna, and have family names such as Gotkin, Serklin, Simkin, Henkin and Atles. The search also focuses on people from Dolhinow (Dolginovo) and Rechista, both near Gomel, and from Blubakaye, all in Byelorussia, formerly Lithuania, especially with family names such as Kotz, Katz, Rubin and Mirman. The Friends of Allison Campaign has established a toll free number —(800) 456- 9285 — specifically for those meeting the above criteria who are interested in obtain- ing information on how to be tested. But time and money are both in short supply. The drive has tested Jew- ish individuals in Washing- ton, Baltimore, Boston, Nor- folk, Va., Harrisburg, Pa., and most recently in New York. The campaign was to