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Falcons Linebacker Laces Up for Be The Match
April 2014Be The Match Feature Story - Paul Worrilow made a name for himself this year with the Atlanta Falcons. The 230-pound linebacker led the team with 127 tackles, and was recognized for his grit and determination on the field. Off the field, he's using that same grit and determination to help a 23-year-old female battling leukemia. Read about Paul’s life-changing marrow donation story and learn how you can join him in lacing up for Be The Match Walk+Run -
Be The Match Partners with Illume to Pay Tribute to Mothers and Caregivers
April 2014Be The Match Feature Story - This Mother’s Day, Be The Match is partnering with Illume, a popular candle company to pay tribute to mothers and caregivers who have selflessly cared for loved ones going through a marrow transplant. -
Robin Roberts Collaborates with Be The Match and Stand Up To Cancer
February 2014NMDP/Be The Match Press Release - Two-time cancer survivor and Be The Match Ambassador of Hope, Robin Roberts is starting 2014 by raising awareness with a public service announcement (PSA) campaign collaboration between Be The Match and Stand Up To Cancer®, a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation.
Robin, anchor of Good Morning America, debuted these new PSAs on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The PSAs, titled “I Beat Cancer. Twice” and “Focus on the Fight. Not The Fright,” emphasize two critical ways to help save the lives of patients battling blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma: supporting cutting-edge research and increasing the number of volunteer bone marrow donors on the national Be The Match Registry.
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Be The Match Walk+Run 2014 Dates and Cities Announced
February 2014Be The Match Feature Story - The annual Be The Match Walk+Run series brings together our passionate community to celebrate and provide hope for patients searching for a match. -
New Day Celebrates Giving the Tuesday after Thanksgiving
November 2013Be The Match Feature Story - Be The Match has joined #GivingTuesday, a first of its kind effort to transform how people think about the giving season and create a better world. -
Sealed With A Promise (S.W.A.P.) Bracelet Now Available
November 2013Be The Match Feature Story - New York Times best-selling author Lisi Harrison has partnered with online jewelry and accessories retailer gorjana & griffin to create the exclusive Sealed With A Promise (S.W.A.P.) bracelet. As a passionate supporter of Be The Match, Lisi has asked that 100% of the proceeds for the gorjana & griffin S.W.A.P. bracelet be donated to Be The Match in memory of her children’s beloved nanny, Jocy, who passed away during her search for a marrow match. -
In Memoriam: Congressman C.W. Bill Young
October 2013Be The Match Feature Story - The National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP) /Be The Match® is deeply saddened by the passing of United States Congressman C.W. Bill Young. -
Matt Szczur, Top Baseball Prospect and Be The Match Donor
October 2013Be The Match Feature Story - Meet Matt Szczur, a top prospect in the Chicago Cub's farm system. -
Tom Celebrates Life by Running Half Marathon 10 Months After Transplant
October 2013Be The Match Feature Story - Tom’s battle began in 2003 when he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He received multiple rounds of chemotherapy, destroying his bone marrow, giving him a disease called myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).
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Giving a Child the Gift of Life
October 2013Be The Match Feature Story -Leukemia accounts for about 1 in 3 cancer cases in children, making it the most common form of childhood cancer. -
Be The Match Celebrates Robin Roberts’ One Year Birthday
September 2013Be The Match Feature Story - This past Saturday, September 21, just one year and one day after her life-saving marrow transplant, Robin Roberts, anchor of Good Morning America, accepted the Rod Carew Leadership Award at the Be The Match Tribute Event in Minneapolis.
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'Team Tanner' Family, Friends and Hockey Community Celebrate Tanner’s Life
April 2013Be The Match Feature Story - Tanner and his family were life-long LA Kings fans. In February 2011, their family, with the help of Be The Match held a donor registration drive at an LA Kings game, registering 300 new potential donors and raising more than 5,000 dollars.
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World-Champion Boxer Robert Guerrero Teams Up With Be The Match
February 2013NMDP/Be The Match Press Release - Bone marrow donated from a total stranger saved Robert Guerrero’s wife. Now the grateful world champion boxer is joining Be The Match® in the fight to make life-saving marrow transplants available for every blood cancer patient who needs one.
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“I Walk for People Who Have Nothing Left Except Hope.”
February 2013Be The Match Feature Story - Gary, a 61-year-old physical education teacher walks to provide hope—hope for those in need of a marrow transplant. After his colleague Aggie was diagnosed with a blood cancer as a result of her treatments for breast cancer, Gary got tested to see if he was a marrow match. Gary ultimately found out that he was not a match for Aggie and decided to help by getting involved with Be The Match. Since 2011, Gary has walked in every Be The One Run®, now Be The Match Walk+Run event—remotely from his home in Montana and now in memory of Aggie.
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Robin Roberts Returns to Good Morning America After Transplant
February 2013Be The Match Feature Story - On Wednesday, February 20, news anchor Robin Roberts made her return to Good Morning America —five months to the day after her marrow transplant to treat myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).
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Be The Match Marshals Social Volunteers to Help Save Lives on MLK Day of Service
January 2013NMDP/Be The Match Press Release - Americans turn out in force every year to help their neighbors in need during the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, putting their time toward building communities and improving lives.
This year, Be The Match® is tapping the power of social media to provide another way for people to take part in this important day of community service, which honors one of the most inspirational leaders in the nation’s history.
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Eleven Awards Honor Outstanding Contributions to Be The Match
December 2012NMDP/Be The Match Press Release - Individuals and organizations from across the U.S. were recognized by Be The Match® on Nov. 9 at the nonprofit organization’s 25th Annual Council Meeting in Minneapolis. -
Robin Roberts Asks America, “If You Had the Power to Save a Life, Would You?”
October 2012Be The Match Feature Story - Robin is urging the public to offer a cure to someone with blood cancer, by joining the Be The Match Registry®. Watch her public service announcement that aired on Good Morning America on September 27, 2012.
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Mother of two will finally meet the young man who saved her life
August 2012NMDP/Be The Match Press Release - Erika Turner was a busy mom of two teenage boys and working full-time at a local hospital, so when she started feeling tired and noticed a bit of bruising on her body, she wasn’t immediately suspicious. But a resident at the hospital pointed out that it looked like her platelets were low, and encouraged Erika to have it checked out. After numerous tests that week, Erika was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) with Philadelphia positive chromosome in September 2010.
Doctors knew immediately that Erika would need a bone marrow transplant to survive. Now, two years after receiving a life-saving transplant, Erika will finally be able to thank Christopher, her donor, in person. The two will be introduced for the first time live on ABC’s Good Morning America on Wednesday, Aug. 22.
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Marrow Transplant Patients and Advocates Rally Congress to Support Be The Match
July 2012NMDP/Be The Match Press Release - People from across the country whose lives have been impacted by bone marrow donation – whether they have received a transplant or donated bone marrow to a stranger – will converge in Washington, D.C. on July 18. Their goal: to urge continued Congressional support of Be The Match®, the global leader in providing bone marrow and umbilical cord blood transplants to patients with life-threatening blood cancers.
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Good Morning America Anchor, Robin Roberts announces MDS diagnosis
June 2012Be The Match Feature Story - When Robin Roberts, anchor on Good Morning America and a breast cancer survivor, announced her diagnosis with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), a heightened awareness was created about the need for more marrow donors.
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Marrow Transplant Patient Shares Jazz Compositions
March 2012NMDP/Be The Match Press Release - A Chicago man who recently underwent a bone marrow transplant to treat lymphoma is thinking of others as he recovers. Judson Green, a former executive with The Walt Disney Company and Navteq Corp., crafted a CD of jazz piano compositions. Proceeds from the iTunes sales benefit all patients in need of a marrow transplant through contributions to Be The Match Foundation®.
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ASBMT Joins the NMDP to Support the Amy Strelzer Manasevit Research Program
March 2012NMDP/Be The Match Press Release - The American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation® (ASBMT) is rallying the support of its membership and other stakeholders so that more patients can benefit from life-saving research.
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American Express Is First To Provide Grant to Support Online Registration for Be The Match
January 2012NMDP/Be The Match Press Release - American Express, in an effort to grow the Be The Match Registry®, is the first organization to provide a grant that will help -
Run-Walk Fundraising Event Expands
January 2012NMDP/Be The Match Press Release - Be The Match® has announced that its Be The One Run fundraising run/walk event will expand to 10 cities in 2012. Columbus, Ohio; Richmond, Va.; San Jose, Calif. and Tampa/St. Petersburg, Fla will join Atlanta, Ga.; Charlotte, N.C.; Houston, Texas; Long Beach, Calif.; Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn.; and Portland, Ore. for the 2012 series.
These run/walk fundraising events give patients with leukemia, lymphoma and 70 other life-threatening diseases a second chance at life. Every step participants take helps patients receive the marrow transplant they need.
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Transplant Patient and Doctor Take Coastal Bike Ride Together
July 2011Be The Match Feature Story - The Chair of Be The Match Foundation’s Atlanta Leadership Council, Dr. Amelia Langston, joined one of her transplant recipient patients, Bob, at the end of his fundraising bike trip down the East Coast. Bob is not only a transplant survivor, but also one of our Atlanta Be The One Run Planning Committee Members helping plan and organize that event to make it a success and raise funds to help other marrow and cord blood transplant patients.