The Marrow Walk press kit

JBF press contact

Gathering and walking departure

The public gathering’s scheduled time has passed; its occurrence remains unconfirmed. The walking departure has been confirmed. Originally published times and locations are shown for reference. Confirm current arrangements with JBF.

Public gathering

September 7, 2026 at 9:00 AMScheduled time or date has passed; occurrence unconfirmed

Scheduled walking departure (around noon)

September 7, 2026 at 12:00 PMConfirmedConfirmed date: September 7, 2026

Fact sheet

Planned walking distance

356.2 miles; ferry water miles are excluded

Published schedule

2026-09-07 through 2026-10-21 (45 days)

Stops on the published route

46

Bone Marrow Awareness Days

10 planned days for conversations without walking

Public gathering in the published plan

September 7, 2026, 9:00 AM Pacific

Scheduled walking departure

September 7, 2026, around noon Pacific

Location in the published plan

UW Medical Center – Montlake, 1959 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA 98195

Actual completed walking mileage has not been confirmed in this press update.

The story behind the walk

Jeana Moore, founder and CEO of the Deer Park–based Jada Bascom Foundation, is Jada’s grandmother. She founded JBF in 2009 and has walked thousands of miles across the United States and Europe to encourage people to join their country’s official marrow donor registry.

Jada Bascom was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia at one month old. No one in her family matched; she received a transplant at seven months. Her donor, Torsten Huber, had joined DKMS at a donor drive in southern Germany in April 2006, about a year before she was born. The drive was for a local woman with leukemia; he was not her match, but he stayed on the registry. Jeana’s 2012 Baltic-to-Adriatic walk thanked the Europeans who saved Jada. Torsten has joined Jeana for stretches of her walks.

Interviews and filming arrangements

Interviews with Jeana are by arrangement. A request does not reserve a time or guarantee access at a stop. No staffed media response hours, onsite interview window or hospital filming access has been confirmed.

UW Medicine and Fred Hutch are separate contacts for media access; neither is a host or endorser of this walk. UW Medicine requires an escort or prior authorization for filming inside or outside its medical and health sciences facilities. Fred Hutch requires advance arrangements and a media-relations escort for news visits to its campus; third-party filming has a separate approval process. Contact the relevant institution before attending or filming. JBF cannot grant hospital access.

• UW Medicine: mediarelations@uw.edu. Media contacts; filming policy.
• Fred Hutch: media@fredhutch.org, +1 206-667-2210. Media visits and third-party filming.

Route milestones

Dates below are scheduled stops. A past date does not confirm an arrival, an Awareness Day or the finish.

Campaign illustration and share images

No genuine press photograph with confirmed permission, caption and credit is available in this package. The image below is an editorial illustration.