Dozens participated in a campaign on Saturday to collect money to save the life of Dominican Ilianov de León Albino, interned at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. He needs a bone marrow transplant. Volunteers collected RD$100,000 in the Saturday blitz. State university rector, Miguel Rosado presides the campaign to gather the RD$7.5 million that are needed to save the 14-year old boy. Organizers of the effort are optimistic given the Saturday results that the money can be collected.
