PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM (aka BE THE MATCH) WEBSITE
THIS IS A VOLUNTEER ADVOCACY WEBSITE

To join "Be The Match" by ordering a test kit online please CLICK HERE (For U.S. residents)
To locate a live drive using your Zip Code please CLICK HERE
(For U.S. residents)
To learn where to register in all other countries please CLICK HERE

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Join the Donor Program

If you are here not as a patient or adovacte but as someone who wants to join the marrow donor program to possibly be a match and save a life someday please visit:
Be The Match
where you can order a home test kit online or join in person by locating a live drive using their Zip Code locater.

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Websites

To Set Up a Custom Site You Will Need:
• A URL
• A Website Hosting Service
• A Web Designer
• A Web Developer


Cost:
Custom: $0 to several thousands of dollars
Caring Bridge: $0 a free service

Caring Pages: $0 a free service


A website can help you to:

• Educate people about your disease
• Educate visitors about marrow donation
• Educate visitors about transplants
• Help people to locate a local donor drive
• Spread the word to those not in the registry
• Can keep your friends and family up to date
• Keep your Volunteers up to date
• Launch an online donor drive
• Post Photos
• Post Videos
• Generate interest from your local media

There is simply no better way to launch a Marrow drive faster and further then to do it online. You will reach so many more people then by word of mouth alone. Giving the people you know a link tthey can forward to their family and friends will increase your reach immediately.

You can direct people to the "Be The Match" web page with the zip code locater that shows people where live drives are being hosted nationwide so they can find and attend one to get registered.

Also with registration kits now available online people have have them sent to their homes to join the registry by mail.

How to Create Your Website

Basically there are two options:

1. Custom: If you or someone you know or who wants to volunteer to build you a site can, building a site from scratch can be done quickly and cost efficiently. If you need to hire someone to build a site costs can add up rapidly with a site costing from hundreds to thousands of dollars

2. From a template: For a super easy site you can use a site like CaringBridge.org. There you can quickly post a bio, photos and an online journal that works similarly to a blog. Guests can visit your site for updates and leave comments on the journal.


View Patient's Websites

Here are a variety of websites you can visit for inspiration before desgining your own. Some are simple with just a single page and others are quite elaborate. When my cousin Tami first got sick I spent a lot of time visitng Save Carolyn and Project Michlle to help me figure out what a website should consist of.


Still Searching Patients who have Received a Transplant

Help Abishek
Help Sam (single page site)
Helping Janet.com
Match Paul
Maya Chamberlain on Caring Bridge
Nico Poux on Caring Bridge
Save Chenin
Team Anh.org
Team Krissy.org

Help Guarav
Helping Tami.org
I Have MDS.com

One for Jasmina.com
Team Matthew.org
Zyreal on Caring Bridge

Patients who have passed away
A Donor for Graham
Heal Emru
Project Michelle
Save Carolyn (website/blog combination)
 

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