The Jada Bascom Foundation Steps to Marrow
Route revision in progress
Jeana Moore · 73 years old
A grandmother’s love.
A mission still moving.
A marrow donor in Germany helped save her granddaughter, Jada. Jeana is unwell, and the route is being revised. Join an official donor registry or give to the Jada Bascom Foundation.
Route update · September 26
Route update: Vancouver stop canceled; course shifting toward Tsawwassen
Jeana is unwell, so the planned stop outside Vancouver General Hospital is canceled. With her sick, going ahead with a visit tied to an oncology ward would be a terrible choice—unsafe and inappropriate around medically vulnerable patients. The earlier Vancouver Awareness Day will not proceed as scheduled. She is changing course toward Tsawwassen; exact stops, dates and public meeting details will be posted when confirmed.
The earlier future itinerary is temporarily unavailable while the revised route is prepared. No replacement Vancouver public event has been confirmed. Do not travel based on the old Vancouver dates or locations.
Health guidance: Vancouver Coastal Health visitor guidance · BC Cancer Vancouver visitor guidance
Read the latest walk updateLast confirmed: Surrey · course shifting toward Tsawwassen
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Why Donor Registration Matters
The right donor depends on the patient. More potential donors give transplant teams a broader search.
A wider donor search
Registries help transplant teams search beyond a patient’s family when donated blood-forming cells are needed.
Different donor options
Teams can consider relatives, unrelated donors and cord blood. Some patients can receive a transplant from a partially matched donor.
Representation matters
Matching uses inherited tissue markers called HLA. Patients are more likely to match someone of similar ancestry, making a diverse registry important.
An informed commitment
Donation is voluntary. NMDP asks members to keep contact details current and respond if contacted as a potential match. Learn what donation involves before joining.
NMDP guidance: donor options, matching and donor commitment.
How to Become a Donor
Joining the bone marrow registry is simple and painless. Here's what to expect.
1. Find Your Official Registry
JBF routes you to the official registry serving your country. The registry confirms eligibility and explains its enrollment process.
2. Follow Its Enrollment Process
Many registries use a cheek swab; some use an in-person process. The registry performs HLA typing and maintains your profile.
3. Save a Life
If you match a patient, you may be contacted. Most donations are similar to giving blood. You could be someone's only hope.
You'll be redirected to the official registry for your country
Since 2009
Jada's Gift of Life
At one month old, Jada Bascom was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Her family searched desperately for a bone marrow match. Out of 11 million people on the registry, one man in Germany was her perfect match.
Jada received her transplant at seven months old. Today, she's a healthy young woman—cancer-free. Her grandmother, Jeana Moore, founded this organization in 2009 to help other families find their miracle.
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, we focus on three goals:
- Raising awareness about the need for bone marrow donors
- Encouraging eligible people to join through official registries
- Helping people find and understand the official registry that serves them
Understand a diagnosis
When someone you love is diagnosed
Plain-language guides to 117 conditions: what each one is, how it is treated and where a stem cell donor fits. Every guide lists its sources.
Why matching is hard
How leukemia affects blood production, when a donor transplant may help, and how inherited HLA markers shape the search for a suitable donor.
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Joining a registry can make you available as a potential match for a patient who needs a transplant. JBF helps you find the official registry that serves your country.
