Miss California International 2009 Encourages You to Save a Life - Be The Match!
On behalf of Be The Match marrow registry, Hilary Gushwa is hoping that if you are not already on the registry, that you do so in the next two weeks! You can SAVE A LIFE!!!
Every day, thousands of patients, are searching for a life-saving donor - someone just like you. BE THE MATCH Registry helps people who need a life-saving marrow or blood cell transplant. The registry connects patients, doctors, donors and researchers to the resources they need to help more people live longer and healthier lives.
Millions have joined the Be The Match Registry, but there are still not enough donors to meet the needs of all patients. It is estimated that a marrow or blood cell transplant could benefit more than 10,000 children and adults with life-threatening diseases each year. We need your help!
Join Be The Match Registry:
From June 8th through June 22nd, The Be The Match marrowthon seeks to add 46, 000 new members to the registry and raise funds for the Be The Match Foundation. While it does cost $100.00 to add a new member to the registry, during the marrowthon campaign the fee is waived for the first 46, 000 registered.
Joining is easy. Patients need donors who are between the ages of 18 and 60, in good general health, and are willing to donate to any patient in need. Click on the link below to begin your registration and remember to add the promo code Hopemarrowthon09.
http://www.marrow.org/
Hilary Gushwa is Miss California International 2009. She will champion her charitable cause Heart2Heart, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1999 which seeks out and registers bone marrow donors for leukemia patients. As Founder and President of Heart2Heart, Hilary will continue to add as many names as possible to the National Marrow Donor Program. In 2007, Hilary received the Call to Service Award by President George W. Bush, for her dedication to community service over the past nine years. To follow Hilary and her year of service as Miss California International 2009 you can read her blog at http://www.misscaliforniaintl09.blogspot.com.
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