More than 1,000 donors participated in a bone marrow donor drive in a Greenwich Village school Saturday to try to save a six-year-old girl's life.

The donor drive was held at P.S. 41 in Manhattan's Greenwich Village at 11th Street and Sixth Avenue to find a match for Jasmina Anema, who was diagnosed with acute leukemia in January.

School guidelines forced the drive to end by 2 p.m., but dozen of potential donors were still waiting in line at that time.

Jasmina Anema's cause has drawn the support of several celebrities, including singer Kelly Rowland and actress Jill Hennessy.

DKMS, an organization that helps people like Anema find a match, says it's important for the African-American community to come out because of the difficulty of finding a match for the young girl.

"It's very hard for African-American patients to find a matching donor, because they are under-represented on the national registry and their tissue type is more varied, so it's very hard to find a donor," said Katharina Harf, the president of DKMS.

"I got involved because Jasmina is my daughter's best friend and Tea is one of my closest friends," said organizer Karen Detrick. "And when the doctors told us that she needed a bone marrow transplant we were like, of course, whatever it takes."

Many who came said they learned of the drive by watching NY1.

Organizers say NY1's coverage helped get the word out.

"We heard about the story on the news and it just touched my heart," said donor Sharon Kinney. "So I put myself in that mom's place and I called everyone in my family and told them listen, 'Saturday, let's take a half an hour out of our day and come up here to see if we can be of assistance.'"

"A friend of mine called me up and told me that it was an African-American girl and that there weren't that many African-Americans that were involved, so I thought it was my duty," said donor John Burroughs.

"Nice day, nice little girl. You know, god knows best," said donor Shenora McMillian.

For more information on how to help, visit www.oneforjasmina.com.