Posts Tagged ‘Bone Marrow Donation’
Learn a Little – How to Find a Perfect Match
We talk about getting “matches” for leukemia patients, but what exactly is a match? Every person has a blood type (think A+, O-, etc.), and when we get a blood…
Read MoreChampions of the Transplant – E. Don Thomas
“Don was a hero.” – Fred Appelbaum, Deputy Director, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center At 3:40 a.m. on an October morning in 1990, Don Thomas woke to the sound…
Read MorePartnering with #JennStrong and the Ravens
In March of 2014, sports reporter Nestor “Nasty” Aparicio’s wife Jenn was diagnosed out of the blue with leukemia, just like some 50,000 people each year in the United States.…
Read MoreHow To Save A Life
None of us really knew what we were getting into. We really didn’t even know what a bone marrow drive was; we just knew that it might be able to save our friend’s life.
Read MoreThere Goes My Hero Facilitates Bone Marrow Registration for Ravens Fans
Ravens Fans Tailgate, Celebrate, Donate There Goes My Hero Foundation, a Baltimore-based non-profit whose mission is to register bone marrow donors, provide nutritious meals for leukemia patients and their families…
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