When their 10yearold daughter Laura was diagnosed with leukemia Robert Graves DVM and his wife Sherry were ready to do anything they could to save her They agreed to try the first ever bone marrow transplant from an unrelated donor ID: 475397
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How Be The Match® Started
When their 10-year-old daughter Laura was diagnosed with leukemia, Robert Graves, D.V.M., and his wife Sherry were ready to do anything they could to save her.
They agreed
to try the first ever bone marrow transplant from an unrelated donor.
Laura
received a transplant in 1979. And it worked.
Fast forward to today – Be The Match facilitates more than 6,000 transplants per year.Slide3
About Be The Match
Be The Match is the world’s leading nonprofit organization focused on
saving lives through marrow and cord blood transplantation.
We Deliver
Cures For Blood
CancersPatients need us -- Every 3 minutes someone is diagnosed with a blood cancer.70 percent of patients do not have a donor in their family. They depend on Be The
Match.Every dollar we raise helps more patients afford transplant, adds potential marrow donors to the registry and funds our life-saving research.Slide4
College
students delivering cures
Marrow transplant doctors request young donors 90% of the time.There are not enough young, available donors on the registry.College students have the power to be part of the cure.Slide5
What is
Be The Match On Campus?
Be The Match On Campus® is a college program dedicated to engaging students nationwide to
save lives
through
marrow transplantation, all while developing valuable leadership skills.Chapters hold fundraising events, educate the campus community and add new committed members to the registry. Slide6
States with chaptersSlide7
Program Objectives
To engage and empower
young adults who aspire to lead a social movement on college campuses -to save lives.
To raise awareness about the need for potential donors who are:
Young (18-25
years old) Committed and available when called to donate
From all racial/ethnic backgroundsTo grow the Registry To raise funds in support of our mission and patientsSlide8
What’s in it for
you?
It’s a path to building strong skills: leadership, marketing, partnership building, communications, strategic planning, training and more.
You can make a direct impact on saving lives.
It’s an avenue to “give back” to
the community.
An opportunity to connect and share
with students globally.
Internship opportunities.
A chance to make lifelong friends
and have fun!Slide9
Misconceptions
There are many misconceptions about the process of donating. That’s why we need you to help educate young adults.
Anna – Student
at
Texas A&M who
donated twice to a little girl
Andrew – Donor and student leader from Clemson University Slide10
MYTH ONE
MYTH: All donations involve surgery.
FACT: The majority of donations do not involve surgery. Today, donation is most often done through a peripheral
blood stem cell (PBSC)
donation
which is non-surgical. The second way of donating is marrow donation, which is a surgical procedure. In each case, donors typically go home the same day they donate.Slide11
MYTH TWO
MYTH: Donating is painful and involves a long recovery.
FACT: There can be uncomfortable but short-lived side effects of donating PBSC. Due to taking a drug called
filgrastim
for
five days prior to donation, PBSC donors may have headaches, joint or muscle aches, or fatigue. PBSC donors are typically back to their normal routine in one to two days. Or…… Those donating marrow receive general or regional anesthesia so they feel no pain during donation. Marrow donors can expect to feel some soreness in their lower
back for one to two weeks afterward. Most marrow donors are back to their normal activities in two to seven days. Slide12
MYTH THREE
MYTH: Donating is dangerous and weakens the donor.
FACT: Though no medical procedure is without risk, there are rarely any long-term side effects. Be The Match carefully prescreens all donors to ensure they are healthy and the procedure is safe for them.
Because
only five percent or less of a donor’s marrow is needed to save the patient’s life, the donor’s immune system stays strong and the cells replace themselves within four
to six weeks.Slide13
Results for 2014-2015
In
the 2014-2015 academic year, Be The Match On Campus students:Recruited
18,780
committed members to the Be The Match Registry (Goal was 15,000!)Raised $186,804 for our patients (Goal was $150,000!)
Shared almost 10,000 hours of time and talentFrom 2012 through mid-2015, student leaders have provided
over 85 donors
and the number keeps growing!Slide14
Resources Available
Student GuidebookYour Be The Match Community Engagement Representative
TrainingBTMOC website and chapter page
Chapter assistance funds
Fundraising toolkit
Group Facebook pageMarketing materialsSlide15
Questions?
To see a complete list of chapters across the country, visit BeTheMatchOnCampus.org
Local Contact:
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National Contact:
BeTheMatchOnCampus@nmdp.org
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