Foundation Updates
Stories of hope, foundation updates, and news from the bone marrow donation community.
Reauthorization of the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program cleared the House in July. Two weeks later, both the House-passed bill and the Senate companion are parked on the Senate calendar. Here is exactly where things stand, and what still has to happen.
H.R. 5160 would authorize five more years for the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program and National Cord Blood Inventory. The House acted July 20; full Senate action and future appropriations are still required.
NMDP passed a milestone: roughly 150,000 lives reached through the federally funded C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program since 1987. Large round numbers are easy to print and hard to feel. Here is what this one is actually counting.
Every three minutes, someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with a blood cancer. For many patients, a bone marrow transplant is the best chance of a cure — but 75% don’t have a fully matched donor in their own family. On March 1, the Jada Bascom Foundation launches a campaign to change those odds forever.
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.
Take it off the screen
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.Every sheet carries the code that opens Jeana’s walk — nothing to install, nothing to hand back. The number to text printed beside it is for joining NMDP, which registers people who live in the U.S., its territories and the freely associated states. If you live anywhere else, find your country’s registry.
Flyer
One page, for a wall or a noticeboard. The same sheet in three voices.
Table tent
One page that folds and stands on a table or a counter.
Everything else for running a drive
Host a registration drive at your school, work or place of worship, raise funds, or lend a skill. Tell us what you have in mind and we will help you plan it.