Save lives. Provide hope. Help those impacted by blood cancer.

Every three minutes, someone is diagnosed with blood cancer. Every ten minutes, blood cancer takes a life. You can help us make a difference.

By the Numbers

meals to patients
bone marrow donors registered
matches found
life-saving transplants

Our Programs

BE A HERO

6 out of 10 patients cannot find a matching donor.

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For many blood cancer patients, a bone marrow or blood stem cell transplant is the best chance for survival. Hero saves lives by adding potential donors to the bone marrow registry.

Host a drive or get swabbed today.

SUPPORT A HERO

Each year, 170,000 people will receive a blood cancer diagnosis in the U.S.

Hero Fund

The Hero Fund supports Baltimore area blood cancer patients and their families by covering the unanticipated costs of treatment.

This includes meals during treatment, medically tailored meals post-discharge, transportation, parking, and copays.

 

COLOR THE REGISTRY

Nationally, people of color are underrepresented on the bone marrow donor registry.

Hero Fund

Our Color the Registry program seeks to diversify the bone marrow registry, offering hope to all patients in need of a bone marrow transplant, no matter their ethnic or racial background.

While patients of European descent have a 77% chance of finding a match, compared to 23% of African American or Black patients. 

 

The Chris Rachuba Cup

May 8, 2023

It’s a Corporate Karting Competition! Get your teams together and let’s race! Come out to compete for the Chris Rachuba Cup, in honor and memory of Hero volunteer and Karting enthusiast,…

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Hero is “Closing the Gap” on World Cancer Day 2023

February 14, 2023

By: June Lim World Cancer Day is observed annually on February 4th. It is a day to raise awareness about cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. “Close…

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TGMH Honoring MLK Day in 2023 

January 13, 2023

TGMH Honoring MLK Day in 2023  By: June Lim    On January 16th we celebrate the life and dream of MLK and reflect on the impact he has had on…

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Diversifying the Bone Marrow Registry: A Community Health Perspective

February 22, 2022

Happy Black History Month! For this month’s blog post, Hero had the opportunity to speak with Erika Neal, a black & queer graduate student living in Bay Area, California! Erika…

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How to Get Involved With There Goes My Hero

January 25, 2022

Being a Hero isn’t limited to just joining the national bone marrow registry. There are a multitude of ways to support blood cancer patients and There Goes My Hero. As…

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