I work at a church which, at times, provides opportunities for me to be involved in some pretty awesome events. This weekend, we hosted a Bone Marrow Registry Drive in hopes of finding a match for a SUPER CUTE kid named Brayden who lives in our community.
Brayden is only 4-years-old and is already fighting his SECOND battle with leukemia...but there is hope. Brayden has a partial match and we are praying and continuing to search for that miracle PERFECT match - perhaps - just maybe - that match was added to the registry because of my church. It was a CRAZY day and there was a lot to manage, but we are estimating that we added somewhere between 625 and 675 names to the National Registry.
we answered a TON of questions...hopefully accurately...
went through a TON of consent forms...
and had a hugely successful day! now we wait and pray that God uses our drive to save lives - even if not brayden's! i would LOVE to get the call and actually be able to donate marrow to a patient in need - what an incredible opportunity to SHOW love. AMAZING.If you are interested in joining the National Registry, you can visit bethematch.org and request a swab kit in the mail.
ps Be The Match has a 1k...Gan...let's LIVE THE DREAM and RUN THE 1K!!!
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do we get awesome 1k shirts???
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