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发帖数: 60932 | 1 This month I decided that I wanted to join "Be the Match" to be entered into
the database for bone marrow donors. I knew that it was going to cost $100
in order to offset the cost of the lab costs to test my cells. However,
when I went to sign up yesterday it was nice to see that the American
Express Foundation has issued a grant to pay for the cost of being
registered with "Be the Match" during the month of January.
Simple go to:
www.marrow.org:
http://www.marrow.org
DETAILS:
When you join the Be The Match Registrytoday, you are joining to help any
patient in need of a bone marrow donor. As a volunteer, you are never under
any legal obligation to donate and your decision is always respected.
However, a late decision not to donate can be life-threatening to a patient,
so please think seriously about your commitment before deciding to join.
You can give hope to patients with blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma,
sickle cell and other life-threatening diseases. Patients especially need
you if you are between the ages of 18 and 44. That's because younger donors
produce more and higher-quality cells than older donors.
The American Express Foundation has provided a grant to cover the costs
associated with joining the registry online for the month of January.
Service to its customers and to the community has been a hallmark of
American Express throughout its 160-year history. As part of its community
outreach the American Express Foundation encourages good citizenship by
supporting organizations that cultivate meaningful opportunities for civic
engagement by its employees and members of the community, whether as
volunteers, donors, voters or patrons.
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