United States Bone Marrow Donor Organizations
Locating a Marrow Donor Program and/or Recruitment Group to work with is a fairly straighforward process. The Donor Program will assist you in hosting live drives and publicizing your need on line as a "focus patient" if you or your patient is comfortable with going public.
Depending upon a patient's ethnicity and where you have support from friends, colleagues and family members you may choose to work with a single national program or may also work with an ethnic specific organization.
Be The Match (aka the National Marrow Donor Program) and DKMS are organizations with similar goals but major differences in their testing costs and funding methods. More to come on this soon.
NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAMS |
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Nationwide
DKMS
www.dkmsamericas.org
Mailing Address:
DKMS Americas
33 East 33rd Street, Suite 501
New York, NY 10016
Tel (866) 340-3567
Fax (212) .209-6710
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Nationwide
National Bone Marrow Transplant Link
www.NBMT.org
Web Links
Stem Cell Transplant Information and Support
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Hapa Organization
www.MavinFoundation.org
Also urgent is the need for "Hapa" or those who are both asian and Caucasian to be tested. According to MavinFoundation.org people of mixed heritage comprise only 2% of the national database.
MAVIN Foundation
1425 Broadway #517
Seattle, WA 98122-3854
Tel (206) 622-7101
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Become My Hero
www.BecomeMyHero.org
Become My Hero finds cord blood donors for anyone in imminent danger of dying because they need a bone marrow transplant to survive but can't find a donor. We also help those currently in remission and would like to have at least two cord blood units to set aside in case of a relapse.
Tel (203) 200-0771
Send an Email
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Save The Cord
SaveTheCordFoundaiton.org
Cord blood is currently being used to treat over 70 diseases, and research has shown even more potential. Tragically, in the United States 97% of cord blood is discarded as medical waste because of lack of education and awareness about cord blood.
120 S. Houghton Rd, Ste. 138, PMB 271, Tucson, AZ 85748
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Donor Recruitment Groups by State |
Boston
Upcoming Drives
With drives in MA, MD, NY, OH, RI, Toronto ON
Gift of Life
www,GiftOfLife.org
National Headquarters:
Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation
800 Yamato Road, Suite 101
Boca Raton, FL 33431
Toll Free: +1.800.9MARROW
Switchboard: +1.561.982.2900
Coordinating Center Fax: +1.561.982.2901
Donor Services Fax: +1.561.982.2902
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California (Northern)
Upcoming Drives
The Asian American Donor Program:
www.AADP.org
Toll Free: 1-800-59-DONOR
Tel (510) 568-3700
Fax (510) 568-2700
2169 Harbor Bay Parkway
Alameda, CA 94502
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California (Southern)
Upcoming Drives
Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches
www.AsianMarrow.org
Toll Free
(888) 236-4673
(888) A3M-HOPE
Fax (213) 625-2807
244 S. San Pedro St. #503
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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Florida
Swab a Cheek
www.SwabaCheek.org
c/o Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation
Development Office
800 Yamato Road, Suite #101
Boca Raton Florida 33431
Phone: 561.982.2919 |
Hawaii
Hawaii Bone Marrow Registry
Ferdie or Roy
St. Francis Medical Center
2228 Liliha Street, Suite 102B
Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
Phone: (808) 547-6154
Toll-free: 1-877-HI-DONOR (1-877-443-6667)
FAX: (808) 547-6979
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New York:
Upcoming Drives
With drives in NJ, PA, MA, CN, IL, VA, OH, NH and DC
Cammy Lee Leukemia Foundation
www.CLLF.org
Cammy Lee Leukemia Foundation Inc
16 West 32nd St., Suite 10D
New York, NY 10001
USA
Tel (212) 290-2757
Fax (212) 290-2768
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