NASCAR Bone Marrow Drive September 11th

[MOTORGOSPEL Ministries]

Hello,

 

Some friends at church have a son with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

 

They asked me to pass this along to my contacts in the racing community.

 

On September 11th at most of the major circle tracks in the country (and a few road courses), NASCAR is holding a bone marrow donor drive. Finding a donor whose blood or marrow (I don't know the technical details) is compatible with our friend's son is literally a matter of life or death for him. They have not found a match yet.

 

More detail can be found at:

 

http://foundation.nascar.com/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=873&srcid=201" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

Spread the word.

 

Thank you in advance.

 

God be with you.

[sbruda]

Hi Aaron,

 

Thank you for your willingness to raise awareness about the bone marrow drive. Actually, it is probably much easier to register online!

 

I just wanted to let everybody know that during the period 7 - 22 September, any person who joins the National Bone Marrow Registry ONLINE is going to have the 52$ fee waived, it will be sponsored by the NASCAR Foundation.

 

http://www.marrow.org/HELP/Events/NASCAR/index.html

 

So if you ever thought about it, but were not sure, this is the best time to check out the entire process! Actually, joining online is the easier way to do it, you just fill up a registration form and they sent you a kit containing a cheek swab. It is that simple, no blood test! And then nothing will happen unless there is a specific patient that matches your genetic profile. Only then you will be contacted, and an additional high resolution blood test will be run, to see if that you are indeed a match. Also, at any time during the entire process you have the right to opt-out. If you need more information about the donation process, you can check out this link:

 

http://www.marrow.org/DONOR/When_You_re_Asked_to_Donate_fo/index.html

 

Thank you for your consideration!

 

Sandra Bruda

[MOTORGOSPEL Ministries]

Thank YOU Sandra for the added information.

 

God be with you Sandra.