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SUMMARY:Be the Match Donor Registration
DESCRIPTION:The Western Illinois football team is hosting a community outreach project on Thursday\, March 9 by participating in the Be The Match program.\n\n\n\nBe The Match is a donor program that partners with the Andy Talley Bone Marrow Foundation to create a donor registry for persons infected with blood cancers like leukemia\, lymphoma and other life-threatening diseases.\n\n\n\nTo date\, over 150 college football programs that have participated in the program with over 117\,000 donors added to the Be The Match directory.\n\n\n\nLeatherneck football players will host a four-hour registration event from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Student Union and inside Western Hall on Thursday\, March 9 for those interested in registering to donate.\n\n\n\nAll an interested volunteer has to do is come to one of the two locations\, receive a cotton swab on the inside of their cheek and wait to find a match to be a donor.\n\n \n\nAbout Be The Match \n\n\n\nBe The Match is a global leader working every day to save lives through cellular therapy. For people with life-threatening blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma or other blood disorders like sickle cell\, a cure exists. Be The Match connects patients with a matching donor for a life-saving marrow transplant. The Be The Match Registry  is the most diverse registry in the world and includes both adult donors willing to donate to a stranger in need and stored cord blood units.\n\n\n\nIn addition\, Be The Match provides patients and their families one-on-one support\, education\, and guidance before\, during and after transplant. Be The Match is also a global leader in research through the CIBMTR  (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research ) a collaboration with Medical College of Wisconsin\, investing in and managing research studies that improve patient outcomes and advance the future of care.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:&nbsp\;The Western Illinois football team is hosting a community outreach project on Thursday\, March 9 by participating in the Be The Match program.<br />\n<br />\nBe The Match is a donor program that partners with the Andy Talley Bone Marrow Foundation to create a donor registry for persons infected with blood cancers like leukemia\, lymphoma and other life-threatening diseases.<br />\n<br />\nTo date\, over 150 college football programs that have participated in the program with over 117\,000 donors added to the Be The Match directory.<br />\n<br />\nLeatherneck football players will host a four-hour registration event from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Student Union and inside Western Hall on Thursday\, March 9 for those interested in registering to donate.<br />\n<br />\nAll an interested volunteer has to do is come to one of the two locations\, receive a cotton swab on the inside of their cheek and wait to find a match to be a donor.<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\nAbout Be The Match&reg\;<br />\n<br />\nBe The Match is a global leader working every day to save lives through cellular therapy. For people with life-threatening blood cancers&mdash\;like leukemia and lymphoma&mdash\;or other blood disorders like sickle cell\, a cure exists. Be The Match connects patients with a matching donor for a life-saving marrow transplant. The Be The Match Registry&reg\; is the most diverse registry in the world and includes both adult donors willing to donate to a stranger in need and stored cord blood units.<br />\n<br />\nIn addition\, Be The Match provides patients and their families one-on-one support\, education\, and guidance before\, during and after transplant. Be The Match is also a global leader in research through the CIBMTR&reg\; (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research&reg\;)&mdash\;a collaboration with Medical College of Wisconsin\, investing in and managing research studies that improve patient outcomes and advance the future of care.<br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Western Illinois University - Macomb Campus Western Hall & Student Union
UID:e.2125.12741
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DTSTAMP:20260513T185008Z
URL:https://business.macombareachamber.com/events/details/be-the-match-donor-registration-12741
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