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Read Donor Info in Japanese on the Helping Yoko Website
 

Marrow Drives

A site to help patients in need of bone marrow or stem cell transplants learn how to publicize their donor drive efforts.

MarrowDrives.org

Easy tutorials with donor drive ideas that you can use online or in person for patients, family and friends.



Donor Recruitment Groups by State
Boston
Upcoming Drives
With drives in MA, MD, NY, OH, RI, Toronto ON



Gift of Life

www,GiftOfLife.org

National Headquarters:
Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation
800 Yamato Road, Suite 101
Boca Raton, FL 33431

Toll Free: +1.800.9MARROW
Switchboard: +1.561.982.2900
Coordinating Center Fax: +1.561.982.2901
Donor Services Fax: +1.561.982.2902

California (Northern)
Upcoming Drives
AADP Website

The Asian American Donor Program:


www.AADP.org


Toll Free: 1-800-59-DONOR
Tel (510) 568-3700
Fax (510) 568-2700


2169 Harbor Bay Parkway
Alameda, CA 94502

California (Southern)
Upcoming Drives
A3M Website

Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches


www.AsianMarrow.org

Toll Free
(888) 236-4673
(888) A3M-HOPE
Fax (213) 625-2807

244 S. San Pedro St. #503
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Californina

National Marrow Website


Be the Match
(National Marrow Donor Program)

www.Marrow.org

Registry FAQ's
Join Online
• Find a Live Drive

Northern CA and NW Disrict
1330 Broadway St. #501, Oakland, CA 94612
Tel: 510-834-8500
1-800-471-4619

Florida



Swab a Cheek

www.SwabaCheek.org

c/o Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation
Development Office
800 Yamato Road, Suite #101
Boca Raton Florida 33431

Phone: 561.982.2919

Hawaii

Hawaii Bone Marrow Registry
Ferdie or Roy

St. Francis Medical Center

2228 Liliha Street, Suite 102B
Honolulu, Hawaii 96817

Phone: (808) 547-6154

Toll-free: 1-877-HI-DONOR (1-877-443-6667)

FAX: (808) 547-6979


New York:
Upcoming Drives
With drives in NJ, PA, MA, CN, IL, VA, OH, NH and DC

Cammy Lee Website

Cammy Lee Leukemia Foundation


www.CLLF.org

Cammy Lee Leukemia Foundation Inc
16 West 32nd St., Suite 10D
New York, NY 10001
USA

Tel (212) 290-2757
Fax (212) 290-2768

New York:
Upcoming Drives

SAMAR Website

South Asian Marrow Assoc. of Recruiters


www.samarinfo.org


55-13 96th St. Corona
NY 11368

Tel (718) 592-0821
Fax (718) 592-5848

Texas:

Texas Blood Center

Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center


www.giveblood.org


1400 La Concha Lane
Houston, Texas 77054
1-888-482-5663
(713) 790-1200

Marrow Donor Program
Donor Centers


NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAMS
Nationwide

National Marrow Website


Be the Match
(National Marrow Donor Program)

www.Marrow.org

Registry FAQ's

Join Online Or Join In Person
Nationwide

DKMS Website

DKMS

www.dkmsamericas.org


Mailing Address:
DKMS Americas
33 East 33rd Street, Suite 501
New York, NY 10016

Tel (866) 340-3567
Fax (212) .209-6710


Nationwide



National Bone Marrow Transplant Link


www.NBMT.org

Web Links
Stem Cell Transplant Information and Support

Hapa Organization

Mavin Website

www.MavinFoundation.org

Also urgent is the need for "Hapa" or those who are both asian and Caucasian to be tested. According to MavinFoundation.org people of mixed heritage comprise only 2% of the national database.

MAVIN Foundation
1425 Broadway #517
Seattle, WA 98122-3854

Tel (206) 622-7101

Become My Hero

Mavin Website

www.BecomeMyHero.org

Become My Hero finds cord blood donors for anyone in imminent danger of dying because they need a bone marrow transplant to survive but can't find a donor. We also help those currently in remission and would like to have at least two cord blood units to set aside in case of a relapse.

Tel (203) 200-0771
Send an Email

Save The Cord


Mavin Website

SaveTheCordFoundaiton.org

Cord blood is currently being used to treat over 70 diseases, and research has shown even more potential. Tragically, in the United States 97% of cord blood is discarded as medical waste because of lack of education and awareness about cord blood.


120 S. Houghton Rd, Ste. 138, PMB 271, Tucson, AZ 85748
Send an Email

More Details on National Groups


AADP.orgThe AADP Mail-in Home Test Kits

Through the AADP for all ethnicities is available

Please call
Toll Free: 1-800-59-DONOR
Tel (510) 568-3700
or e-mail the AADP for a HOME-TEST KIT if you cannot attend a drive. They will ask you a series of questions, and then send you a kit if you qualify. Kits are fully funded through a special grant for anyone of all or partial ethnic minority descent.

This video (click here) shows how to fill-in the donor registration form:
(2 minutes 35 seconds)

This video (click here) shows how to use the mail-in swab kit:
(1 minute 43 seconds)


National Marrow Website

Be the Match
(The National Marrow Donor Program)
Vistit their website and enter your zip code for listings of donor drives in your area.

Be the Match
3001 Broadway Street N.E.
Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55413-1753


In the United States and Canada, call toll free:

General information about Be The Match Registry, Be The Match Foundation or NMDP:
1 (800) MARROW2 (1-800-627-7692)
or submit a question online

Patients and families -- for information and answers, contact the NMDP Office of Patient Advocacy:
1 (888) 999-6743
or e-mail patientinfo@nmdp.org

Outside the United States:

General information about Be The Match Registry, Be The Match Foundation or NMDP:
(612) 627-5800
or submit a question online

Patients and families
- for information and answers, contact the NMDP Office of Patient Advocacy:
(612) 627-8140
or e-mail patientinfo@nmdp.org



Attend a A3M Southern California, Donor Drive (Click Here)

Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches:
A3M holds drives throughout Southern California. Click here to find one near you. By registering today you can save a patient in need.

Toll Free
(888) 236-4673
(888) A3M-HOPE
Fax (213) 625-2807

244 S. San Pedro St. #503
Los Angeles, CA 90012



Attend a National DKMS Donor Drive (Click Here)

DKMSDKMS

Mailing Address:
DKMS Americas
33 East 33rd Street, Suite 501
New York, NY 10016

Tel (866) 340-3567
Fax (212) .209-6710

Every ten minutes, blood cancer takes a life. Currently only 3 in 10 patients will find a matching donor that could save their lives.

They are out to change those numbers.

Since their founding in 1991, DKMS has recruited over 1.8 million donors, making us the world’s largest marrow donor center.



CLLFAttend a National CLLF Donor Drive (Click Here)

Cammy Lee Leukemia Foundation
Based in New York and serving:
NJ, PA, MA, CN, IL, VA, OH, NH and DC

Cammy Lee Leukemia Foundation Inc
16 West 32nd St., Suite 10D
New York, NY 10001
USA

Tel (212) 290-2757
Fax (212) 290-2768

The Cammy Lee Leukemia Foundation hosts marrow drives not only in NY, but in NJ, PA, MA, CN, IL, VA, OH, NH, and the District of Columbia.
 



SAMARSoutheast Asian Marrow Association of Recruiters (Click Here)

SAMAR

55-13 96th St. Corona
NY 11368

Tel (718) 592-0821
Fax (718) 592-5848

South Asian Marrow Association of Recruiters (SAMAR) serves patients diagnosed with leukemia and other fatal blood disorders from the South Asian community (people from India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, East Africa, Guyana, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies) and other minority groups who are in search of Blood Stem Cell /Marrow donors.



Gift of LifeAttend a Gift of Life Donor Drive (Click Here)
With drives in MA, MD, NY, OH, RI, Toronto ON

Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation
National Headquarters:
800 Yamato Road, Suite 101
Boca Raton, FL 33431

Toll Free: +1.800.9MARROW
Switchboard: +1.561.982.2900
Coordinating Center Fax: +1.561.982.2901
Donor Services Fax: +1.561.982.2902