'Be The Match' at bone marrow donor registry drive May 3
The Harper College Student Nurses' Association in partnership with Be The Match will hold a bone marrow donor registry drive in support of classmate Emily Kmiecik, a third-semester nursing student, as she battles leukemia.
The donor drive will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 3, at Harper College's Avanté Center concourse (Building Z), 1200 W. Algonquin Road, Palatine. Convenient parking is located in lot 3.
The community is invited, and there is no cost to participate. The initial screening is a cheek swab. Individuals between the ages of 18 and 44 are eligible. For more information, visit bethematch.org.
Come be a hero! For people with life-threatening blood cancers - like leukemia and lymphoma - or other diseases, a cure exists, and that cure is YOU! 70% of searching patients do not have a donor match in their family. But there is hope, and it comes from people like you. Join the Be The Match Registry today through just a simple cheek swab and find out if you could Be The Match for a patient in need.
To sign up as a committed registry member, you must meet the age and health guidelines and be ready, willing and available to donate to any patient in need.
There are no needles involved to join, all it takes is a cheek swab and a consent form. You have the power to help someone suffering tonight, please consider joining the Be the Match Registry and helping the thousands of patients looking for their perfect match!
Questions can be directed to Nancy Haberichter at Harper College, nhaberic@harpercollege.edu