Football To Host Be The Match Registry Drive April 18
April 05, 2018 | Football
Program recruits college students and community members to join the ranks of committed registry members
BOULDER – The Colorado football team will host its sixth annual Be The Match registry event with the Colorado Marrow Donor Program on Wednesday, April 18 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. inside Balch Fieldhouse next to Folsom Field.
Every year, approximately 12,000 patients are diagnosed with life-threatening blood cancers—like leukemia and lymphoma—or other diseases for which a marrow or cord blood transplant from an unrelated donor may be their best or only hope of a cure.
Colorado under head coach Mike MacIntyre starting hosing this donor registry drive to get classmates, friends and members of the community to join the Be The Match Registry® and bring hope to patients in need of a transplant.
MacIntyre was honored by the Be The Match Foundation on March 17 with the Rod Carew Leadership Award for his program, which dates back prior to his days when he was head coach at San Jose State. It has been responsible for creating 1,600 entrants in the Be the Match database, and those have resulted in eight matches that have saved lives.
One of those made national headlines last fall when Derek McCartney met his match after his donation helped save a man's life. Read more on McCartney's story here.
Facts About The Be The Match Program
• More people of diverse heritage are urgently needed on the Be The Match Registry to save more lives. Patients are most likely to match and adult donor or cord blood unit of their own ethnic background. Currently, the chance of having a matched, available donor on Be The Match Registry® ranges from 66 to 90 percent, depending on ethnic background.
• Doctors request donors in the 18–44 age group more than 95% of the time.
• The cost of adding a new member to the Be The Match Registry is about $100. People can make financial contributions to the Be The Match Foundation® to cover the cost of adding more members to the registry. Everyone is asked to give what they can. Visit BeTheMatchFoundation.org to make a contribution.
• Myths about marrow donation can prevent people from signing up. Know the facts. The most common method of donating today does not require surgery. Most donors say they would donate again to save a life.
• To sign up as a committed registry member, people need to meet age and health guidelines and be willing to donate to any patient in need. Registration involves completing a health history form and giving a swab of cheek cells.
Every year, approximately 12,000 patients are diagnosed with life-threatening blood cancers—like leukemia and lymphoma—or other diseases for which a marrow or cord blood transplant from an unrelated donor may be their best or only hope of a cure.
Colorado under head coach Mike MacIntyre starting hosing this donor registry drive to get classmates, friends and members of the community to join the Be The Match Registry® and bring hope to patients in need of a transplant.
MacIntyre was honored by the Be The Match Foundation on March 17 with the Rod Carew Leadership Award for his program, which dates back prior to his days when he was head coach at San Jose State. It has been responsible for creating 1,600 entrants in the Be the Match database, and those have resulted in eight matches that have saved lives.
One of those made national headlines last fall when Derek McCartney met his match after his donation helped save a man's life. Read more on McCartney's story here.
Facts About The Be The Match Program
• More people of diverse heritage are urgently needed on the Be The Match Registry to save more lives. Patients are most likely to match and adult donor or cord blood unit of their own ethnic background. Currently, the chance of having a matched, available donor on Be The Match Registry® ranges from 66 to 90 percent, depending on ethnic background.
• Doctors request donors in the 18–44 age group more than 95% of the time.
• The cost of adding a new member to the Be The Match Registry is about $100. People can make financial contributions to the Be The Match Foundation® to cover the cost of adding more members to the registry. Everyone is asked to give what they can. Visit BeTheMatchFoundation.org to make a contribution.
• Myths about marrow donation can prevent people from signing up. Know the facts. The most common method of donating today does not require surgery. Most donors say they would donate again to save a life.
• To sign up as a committed registry member, people need to meet age and health guidelines and be willing to donate to any patient in need. Registration involves completing a health history form and giving a swab of cheek cells.