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.


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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!


Sunday, October 16th
8pm - 11pm
Novack Cafe


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.


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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.