Quick Facts about the National Bone Marrow Registry: - A tiny minority of cancer patients seeking bone marrow ever find a match - Registering for the bone marrow registry takes 10 minutes and involves a simple cheek swab - Chances of you being a match are slim - Donation is not mandatory even if you are a match - 75% of procedures are non-surgical, non-invasive, and outpatient. Recovery usually only takes one day - For surgeries, recovery is usually within a week and anesthetic is used - Entering each individual into the registry takes about $100. ******* Bone Marrow Registry and bake sale fundraiser@ Dartmouth - It is free for Dartmouth students to register - We are doing a bakesale to cover some of the costs! Monday, October 17th 2pm - 6pm Collis Lobby Tuesday, October 18th 8pm - 11pm Novack Cafe BE THE MATCH for someone whose life you can save! OR Donate to the national bone marrow registry: Text "MATCH 402" to 50555 (space required between MATCH and 402), and donate $10. - You will get a text back that you need to confirm the donation by replying yes. Once this is done the donation will come off of your phone bill. ******* Brought to you by Dartmouth CAPS Note: If you've registered in one of our previous drives, there's no need to do it again.