SetterDrive.com Best Networking Best Events Meet new professionals, entrepreneurs, doctors and more

Life. It's in you.

Join the bone marrow donor registry and give hope to patients everywhere.

When you become a bone marrow donor, you join the global movement of more than 11 million donors who stand ready to give someone a future.

You could be the one a patient needs.Join now
Today, the NMDP has made it even easier to save a life.

We are blessed to be near a match registry drive at UMBC on November 11, 2008. The information is posted below. If you register as a donor, your information goes into the database. A match could benefit any candidate. 

Drive Details:

University Of Maryland Baltimore County
Telephone Number: 202-638-0738 Ext. 24
Location: Student Union
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore , MD 21250
Time: 8:00AM - 8:00PM

What to expect: Joining the NMDP Registry is easy. Patients need donors who are between the ages of 18 and 60, meet the health guidelines and are willing to donate to any patient in need.

When you come to a donor drive, we will explain what it means to become a donor, help you understand your commitment, answer your questions and help you through the process.

All you need to do is: Complete a registration form with contact information, health history questions and a signed agreement to join the NMDP Registry.

To help you complete the form, bring along: Personal identification (such as a driver's license or passport) Contact information for two family members or friends who would know how to reach you in the future if your address changes.

Pay for tissue-typing costs, in some cases (tax deductible donation).

Give either a swab of cheek cells or a blood sample so your tissue type can be tested.

That's it! Your tissue type is then added to the NMDP Registry. Doctors search our Registry when they need to find a donor for their patients. If you are a match for someone- in most donations now, there is NO invasive procedure done to the donor. Rather, the donor's blood is circulated through something that removes the necessary platelets then the blood goes back into the donor. Nothing more complicated than giving blood.