You Can Be The Cure for Leukemia
 Our Mission Every year, thousands of people of all ages are diagnosed with blood cancers like leukemia or lymphoma, sickle cell anemia or other life-threatening diseases. Many of them will die unless they get a bone marrow or cord blood transplant from a matching donor. Seventy percent of people do not have a donor in their family and depend on our Be The Match Registry to find a match to save their life. Who We Are - About Be The Match Be The Match(R) is a movement that engages a growing community of people inspired to help patients who need a marrow or umbilical cord blood transplant. Be The Match offers the public an opportunity to get involved by joining the Be The Match Registry, donating umbilical cord blood, contributing financially or volunteering time. Finding a Match: The Basics For a successful transplant, a patient needs a matching donor. Special testing determines whether a patient and a bone marrow donor or umbilical cord blood are a good match. The closer the match, the better for the patient. Race and Ethnicity Matter Because the markers used in matching are inherited, patients are more likely to match someone from their own race or ethnicity. Adding more donors and cord blood units from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds to the Be The Match Registry increases the likelihood that all patients will find the match they need. Your heritage can make all the difference! Get the facts about donating. NCIS Cast Members Ask Heroes to Join Be The Match Be The Match has launched a national consumer awareness campaign called SWABplusDNA = Save a Life to inspire heroes - just like you - to join the Be The Match Registry and save the lives of patients fighting blood cancer. The campaign includes television spots that feature Rocky Carroll, Cote de Pablo and Michael Weatherly from NCIS, the #1 drama on television on CBS. The campaign highlights the importance of DNA matching by featuring actors best known to Americans as forensic investigators. The goal of SWABplusDNA = Save a Life is to add young diverse members to the registry of all races, notably African Americans, by visiting SWABplusDNA.org. Racially and ethnically diverse people are needed on the registry so all patients can get the life-saving transplant they need.  If you are 18 - 44, step up now and join. You are ten times more likely to be called to donate. Swab your cheek. Save a life. JOIN THE REGISTRY. The campaign also encourages people to text the words DNA to 50555 to contribute $10 to help add new members to the registry - text in your contribution today! The campaign is in place from April 30 - August 17 and will air on CBS for the first five weeks in ten diverse metropolitan U.S. markets: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston, Dallas, Baltimore, Miami and Minneapolis - home to Be The Match corporate headquarters. Check out the campaign! Visit SWABplusDNA.org. Be The Match - Making a Difference Every Year With Your Help People like you have stepped up to help support the work of Be The Match. Each year, 10,000 patients with leukemia, lymphoma and many other life-threatening diseases need a marrow transplant from an unrelated donor, but only half receive one. Half is not enough. Help add more life-saving members to the Be The Match Registry, so that every searching patient can find a match. Find Your Favorite Way to Get Involved Today! ________________________________________________________________________________ What Will YOU Do With (it)? CLICK THRU to our SIMPLE ACTION STEPS that you and your friends can take today to bring hope to even more patients! ________________________________________________________________________________ 
|
Be The Match Registry
 > Add more members and donated umbilical cord blood to the Be The Match Registry every day, > Support patients with resources and services to reduce barriers to transplant and improve their quality of life after transplant, > Educate doctors about transplant advances and patient care post transplant, > Conduct and support clinical trials and other research to advance the science of transplant.
Facebook Life Event
Here's A New Opportunity For Registry Members:
Walk or Run to Save Lives
|
;)
;)
