In recent years, the small community of Haddonfield has coped both with the loss of community members stricken with cancer, as well as those battling cancer. Do your part to help with nothing, but a cheek swab.
Registry events nationwide will encourage people to step forward and join the Be The Match Registry. It’s the world’s largest listing of potential bone marrow donors, who hold the potential of a cure for patients who have leukemia or life-threatening blood cancers.
We have organized a marrow registration drive. The event will take place on March 2 via Be The Match at Central Elementary School in Haddonfield from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Please consider joining The Registry at this event if 18 to 44 years old. Your registration on March 2 is nothing, but a cheek swab to enter you into the national registry! If you are younger than 18 or older than 44, help by asking your friends or family to consider joining, or consider making a donation, either online at www.bethematchfoundation.org/goto/PA_NJ or at the drive.
Every single person that joins Be The Match has a chance to save a life and this first step is only a swab!
Central Elementary School is located at 3 Lincoln Avenue in Haddonfield.
Be The Match helps patients with leukemia, lymphoma and other diseases who need a marrow or umbilical cord blood transplant. People can join the Be The Match Registry — the world’s largest listing of potential marrow donors and donated cord blood units — contribute financially and volunteer. Patients and their families can also turn to Be The Match for support and resources before, during and after transplant. Be The Match is operated by the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), a nonprofit organization that matches patients with donors, educates health care professionals and conducts research so more lives can be saved. For more information, visit BeTheMatch.org or call (800) MARROW-2.
