At 10:30 a.m. this morning, April 28, 2011, Leighton Meester, face of the newest Coty fragrance from Vera Wang, was scheduled to light the Empire State Building red and white in a special ceremony in honor of tonight’s 5th Annual DKMS Gala and the Coty-DKMS Linked Against Leukemia partnership, which is celebrating it’s 20th anniversary.

As the largest and most experienced bone marrow donor center in the world, the DKMS mission is to save lives by recruiting bone marrow donors for leukemia patients. Led by CEO Bernd Beetz, the Coty-DKMS Linked Against Leukemia partnership is committed to the fight against leukemia and other blood related cancers by raising awareness of the disease and helping recruit thousands of donors around the world. To join her visit www.getswabbed.org