JoshBondUpdate…

The University of Jamestown Nursing Student Association will host a Be the Match Bone Marrow Donor Registry Drive from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26, 2014  in Level Two of the Nafus Student Center.

Participants (age 18-44) will be asked to complete a questionnaire and have their cheek swabbed. Appointments are not necessary. Each participant will then be put into a registry and will be contacted if ever they are a match for anyone in need of a bone marrow transplant.

The drive is taking place in honor of local resident Josh Bond, who is battling leukemia. Josh studied criminal justice at University of Jamestown, and his wife, Laura, is a UJ nursing graduate.

There is no cost to participate, but donations will be accepted for Be the Match.

Over the past 25 years Be the Match, operated by the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), has managed the largest and most diverse marrow registry in the world.

 

Reported previously

Jamestown (CSi) The “Be The Match” event, a bone marrow registry drive in Jamestown at the Anne Carlsen Center, on Monday, had 151 individuals registering.

The registry was started by friends and family of Josh Bond of Jamestown, the 27 year old battling leukemia, and in need of bone marrow transplant.

Those registering will be put on the registry list, to be a possible donor.

 

Jamestown (CSi) A bone marrow donor registry drive will be held Monday, March 17, 2014, from 1–7 p.m. at the Anne Carlsen Center, in Jamestown.

Through a painless cheek swab, potential marrow donors are able to join the Match Registry, which might pair them with patients suffering from diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma or sickle cell anemia. The registry event is limited to adults ages 18 to 44.

The marrow donor registry event is driven by the need of Josh Bond of Jamestown. Bond, a 27-year-old husband and father of two, is stricken with acute myeloid leukemia and is in need of a marrow transplant.