AED Gift of Life Bone Marrow Drive #2!
Thu, Sep 28
|UNLV Free Speech
The Bone Marrow Committee will be hosting the 2nd Bone Marrow Drive of the semester from 11AM-5PM! Please stop by to get added into the registry or recommend others into the registry for hours. We will also give hours if you help add people throughout the drive!
Time & Location
Sep 28, 2023, 11:00 AM – Sep 29, 2023, 5:00 PM
UNLV Free Speech, Unnamed Road, Las Vegas, NV 89119, USA
About the event
AED's Bone Marrow Committee will be hosting its second bone marrow drive of the semester from 11AM-5PM. At this drive, AED members are invited to register into the Gift of Life Marrow registry or recommend other friends, family members, organizations, extracurriculars, etc. to register into the registry for hours. In short, our drive's mission is to add people into the marrow registry to help patients that are suffering from bloodbourne diseases such as Leukemia (blood cancer). Unfortunately, many patients we orient to help are suffering from bloodbourne diseases and no longer respond to the harsh radiation and chemotherapy treatments. As a result, their last chance of hope to extend their life is through a marrow transplant. However, in order to receive a transplant, patients must first find a match with someone who has the same HLA type. Therefore, to increase the already low chances of matching at 0.006%, Gift of…