Help save lives 

We are hosting an event with NMDP (formerly Be the Match) on campus to recruit interested students to join the national bone marrow donor registry. We are looking for opportunities on campus to maximize student participation, and one of the best ways we’ve found is to present NMDP information in classroom settings, offering students the opportunity to learn about NMDP and join the registry. If you can spare 15 minutes in any of your classes on Monday, Oct. 20, or Tuesday, Oct. 21, we would love your help!

If you are not familiar with NMDP, they manage the national stem cell registry, which has over 43 million donors willing to donate their blood stem cells to patients with blood cancers and blood diseases like leukemia and lymphoma. Many people are unaware that there is a cure for these types of cancers and blood diseases; it's a stem cell transplant. Unfortunately, it is extremely difficult to find a match as it's influenced by your ethnicity. Only 30% of patients will find a match within their family; the other 70% of patients turn to NMDP for help. The ideal donors are 18-25 (although you can join the registry up until age 45), which is why NMDP partners with colleges and universities. Joining the registry takes about five minutes with a brief survey to determine eligibility and a simple cheek swab.

Typically, we ask for the first or last 15 minutes of class. If you are able to help, please click here to sign up.