Get Involved!
Your Community Needs You.
Join the “Be The Match Registry(SM)“
4 Easy Steps to Register
(Must be 18-60 years of age)
2. Complete a short health questionnaire.
3. Sign a consent form giving permission to add your information to the National Marrow Donor Program Registry.
4. Use the Cotton Swab (oral) procedure (swab 4 areas of your mouth to collect cell tissue).
Donate Cord Blood
In the past, when a baby was born, the umbilical cord was thrown away. But today, blood from the umbilical cord can be collected after a baby’s birth and donated to a public cord blood bank to help someone with a life-threatening disease. In 2008, 42 percent of all African American (blood stem cell) recipients received cord blood transplants.
Like bone marrow, umbilical cord blood is rich in the blood-forming cells that can be used in transplants for patients with leukemia, lymphoma and many other life-threatening diseases. (These cells are NOT embryonic stem cells.)
More publicly donated cord blood units and adult donors are needed, especially those from racially and ethnically diverse communities, to help increase the likelihood that all patients will find a match.
Organize or host a Marrow Drive
Who can host a marrow drive?
Anyone can host a marrow drive. Businesses, Churches, Sororities, Fraternities, Individuals, Families, Professional and Community based Organizations
Where can a marrow drive be held?
A marrow drive can be held anywhere at almost anytime! Marrow drives can go from three (3) hours to six (6) hours or more if necessary.
Who do I contact if I want to host a marrow drive?
If you would like to host a marrow drive, please contact a Donor Drive Specialist at the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP)
To read more about hosting a drive here are links to the NMDP website. They will open in a new window
If you are an organization or business