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Meet Our Heroes

These are the patients who received transplants, the donors who gave the gift of life, and the advocates helping spread the word.

Painted illustration of a firefighter in a dark, smoke-filled stairwell, seen from behind with one hand raised, beckoning faceless figures down toward a lit doorway below.
FDNY Engine 28 · 1959–2011
In Loving Memory

Roy Chelsen

"“I want to get out of this building.” — Roy Chelsen, FDNY oral history"

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Jeana Moore with Torsten Huber during her European walk
Founder & Grandmother
Advocate

Jeana Moore

""In our ordinary, everyday lives, we don't understand the urgency families are feeling. But some man..."

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Trooper Renee Padgett put missing kids on the sides of trucks, then fought multiple myeloma — and asked the world to join the bone marrow registry.
Bone Marrow Registry Advocate · Fallen Hero
In Loving Memory

Trooper S. Renee Padgett

"It was hard to separate 'Renee' from the 'Trooper.'"

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Torsten Huber with Jada, reunited years after the transplant
Cancer Free
Patient / Recipient

Torsten and Jada

""Of course I registered to help somebody. I'm really glad that I could help Jada." — Torsten Huber, ..."

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Jacob Michael Hess hero, bone marrow donor, Marine Sgt.,
Fallen Hero
In Loving Memory

Jacob "Jake" Hess

"He wouldn't send his wife somewhere he wasn't willing to go."

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Join the bone marrow registry

Become a Potential Match

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.

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The flyer: STOP BLOOD CANCER set in tall letters over a dark plum page, a quote, and a QR code beside the words TEXT JADA TO 61474.One standing face of the table tent: the same headline and quote on the left, a large QR code on the right.

Take it off the screen

Print it. Put it where people already stand.

A coffee counter, a church foyer, a break room, a race table. Every sheet carries the code that opens Jeana’s walk, and a number to text for anyone who would rather not scan — no app, no wifi, nothing to hand back.

Everything else for running a drive