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Why am I doing this? To help the Donor
Conceived Community Organization (DCC),
it is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to
making a better world for donor-conceived
people (DCP). They promote the well-being
of donor-conceived people, parents, donors,
and the professionals who work with them.
Your donations will help them promote
through education and aid their cause in an
industry that is full of complicated ethical
and emotional issues.
In December of 2021, my wife Donna
discovered through a “fun” Ancestry DNA
test that her father was not her biological father. What she greatly appreciated and goes to a wonderful cause. Feel The link for our fundraising page is as follows: https://
uncovered was that she was donor-conceived, her parents used free to forward this email to anyone who may be interested donorbox.org/bookatzfordcc.
an anonymous sperm donor. During these past three years she in donating. With your donation you will receive a monthly To learn more about DCC’s mission please visit their
has navigated her way through this emotional journey which update on my progress monthly beginning the end of website at: www.donorconceivedcommunity.org.
involved many challenges. She found her parents’ donor, who October. Thank you in advance for your support of the Donor Many thanks, Donna and Stuart Bookatz
is her biological father. To date she’s identified several half- Conceived Community Organization.
siblings, there are likely more to come. She, like many other
donor-conceived people has had to overcome the betrayal of
not knowing her true origin, who she looked like, her true
medical history and the list goes on. Fortunately, she discovered
DCC which gave her emotional support, companionship from
others on this same sudden discovery and most importantly
understanding that this is trauma. She has learned a great deal
about an unregulated industry making trillions of dollars creating
humans with little to no regard for them to know their truth. The
true number of donor-conceived people will never be known
since it continues to be cloaked within secrets and anonymity.
Never had anyone anticipated today’s home DNA test kits which
have exposed these long-held secrets.
As a 63-year-old avid cyclist who has raised funds for
various charities, I am taking on this challenge to help this
worthy cause. Alongside Donna, I have witnessed how
this grassroots organization comprised of donor-conceived
people through their own trauma are passionate about helping
others who suddenly find themselves in this new reality.
They are dedicated to helping everyone on all sides of this
discovery. Donna is an ambassador for donor-conceived
people and works with a team from DCC by attending large
fertility conferences in the U.S. and facilitates Zoom support
groups for those in their late 40s and older. DCC hopes to
influence positive change within the complex emotionally
charged world of reproductive medicine that we live in today
and ease the personal trauma that comes along with it.
I hope to raise these funds through my business contacts,
family, and friends. Any donation you can make will be

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