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Thankfully we are but one of a number of organizations and websites that seek to increase membership into the national bone marrow registry. Please contact the organization in your geographic area to learn more about programs, volunteer opportunities, and local drives.

Please let us know if you'd like to see another organization/site on this list!

Organizations by Location

  • National: Be the Match, the National Marrow Donor Program website at http://www.marrow.org.
  • National: DKMS, a worldwide bone marrow registry with over 2 million registered donors at http://www.dkmsamericas.org.
  • East Coast: Swab a Cheek -- Increasing Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Bone Marrow Registry at http://www.swabacheek.org.
  • East Coast: The Cammy Lee Leukemia Foundation, coordinating minority bone marrow drives throughout New England (ceasing operations as of 12/31/2011) http://www.cllf.org.
  • West Coast (Northern CA): Asian American Donor Program -- Multi-ethnic donor program at http://www.aadp.org.
  • West Coast (Southern CA): A3M -- Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches at http://www.asianmarrow.org.

Public Initiatives

  • Amit Gupta Needs You: Website created to recruit South Asians in honor of technology entrepreneur Amit Gupta at http://www.amitguptaneedsyou.com.
  • Team Haupt: Website created to find a match for Jonathan Haupt, an acute mylogenous leukemia patient of Jewish European descent. http://www.teamhaupt.org.
  • Helping Janet: Website created to find a match for Janet Liang, an acute lymphoblastic leukemia patient in California. http://www.helpingjanet.com.
  • Helping Tami: Website created to find a match for Tami, an MDS (myelodysplasia) patient. She received a stem cell transplant in June 2009 from an anonymous donor and has been in remission since. http://www.helpingtami.org.
  • MarrowDrives.org: A fantastic resource to learn more about the process of conducting marrow drives, including tutorials and a wealth of resources/background information. Affiliated with helpingtami.org. http://www.marrowdrives.org.

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