Restoring Hope to Blood Cancer Patients and Their Families
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
15,520 donors registered
218 matches found
22 life-saving transplants
150,000 meals to patients in need
Upcoming Events
Our Programs
Bone Marrow Transplants
For many blood cancer patients, a bone marrow/ blood stem cell transplant is the best chance for survival. A transplant reboots a patient's system with healthy donor cells.
The Stats
While 30% of patients can find a matching donor in their families, 70%—approximately 14,000 each year—must rely on a benevolent stranger to step up and donate. But, only 5% of Americans are on the registry, and 6 out of 10 patients will not find a donor.
The Solution
Our mission is to save lives by registering people in the bone marrow registry so they can donate their bone marrow and save a life. To date, Hero has swabbed over 14,000 potential life-savers.
Meal Program
In 2011, There Goes My Hero, Moveable Feast, and the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins partnered on a pilot program to support leukemia patients and their families as they undergo the lengthy treatments with nourishing meals. Today, social workers in hospitals across Maryland identify patients and family members who are in need of support during their treatments, while Moveable Feast, through the financial support of There Goes My Hero, has provided nutritional services to those patients.
The Stats
Since our program began, we have served over 150,000 meals to patients and family members. Hero is only able to provide about 25% of the meals needed each month.
The Solution
A donation of $35 can feed one patients with three meals a day for a week! Give a little more and $140 can feed a patient for an entire month!
Overview
Cancer and it's treatment causes stress on the body, and the mind. People who are able to effectively manage stress have shown lower levels of depression, anxiety, and symptoms related to cancer and it's treatment.
The Stats
Each year, more than 140,000 people are diagnosed with blood cancer, such as leukemia or lymphoma. Live-saving research is occuring at local hospitals, and patients have new and expanding opporunities for support systems like CancerLife net and patient navigators.
You Can Make a Difference
Please join us and become a Hero by donating your strength, your compassion, and your dollars to those who are fighting for survival.
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