In the News

2012

May

• Finding a match, and a mission: Helping blacks survive cancer
• National Marrow Donor Registry Today Surpasses 10 Million Volunteers Ready to Give the Living Gift of Life
• Be The Match Registry reaches 10 million members
• Marrow registry passes milestone with 10 million volunteers
• Benefits of Public Cord Blood Donation
• Good to the bone

April

• The dangers of repealing bone marrow compensation restrictions
• My Social Strand

March

• A Match Made in Heaven
• Be The One Run – Tampa Florida
• AllFacebook.com
• Mashable.com
• The Virginian Pilot
• Fast Company

February

• Paying for stem cells: A bad idea
• How to join the Be The Match Registry

January

• Letter to the Editor of the Allentown Morning Call urging readers to join the Be The Match Registry
• Chicago Tribune reporter Manya Brachear covered 9 year old Lacey Horwitch’s story
• My FOX D.C. discusses the NMDP and Be The Match’s 25-year history
• Murrieta California nine year old battling aplastic anemia
• You Could Save Her Life

2011

December

• Montclair Times writes about Jiro Okochi’s recent PBSC donation
• Giving Stem Cells to Save Lives
• Macys Believe Campaign in Action
• Storing cord blood and how cord blood can be used to treat a variety of diseases
• Amit Gupta and the Social Media Search for a Cure
• Cancer Today on the need for minority donors

November

• Interview with NMDP’s 50,000th donor Miah Winterfeldt
• Marrow Donor Program Notes 50,000 Transplants
• Woman donates bone marrow, saves boy, wants to inspire others to donate
• Bone Marrow Donor Recognized For Life-Saving Decision 24 Years Ago
• Appleton doctor's decision to donate stem cells a life-giving commitment
• Be The Match leverages NetApp technology
• Cause Groups Team For Give A Spit About Cancer Campaign

October

• Mixed-race girl's quest for marrow match
• Alex Katz’s experience battling leukemia

September

• CIO of the Year: CIO Michael Jones, National Marrow Donor Program
• Looking for Bone Marrow Transplant Matches
• Marrow donor awareness campaign
• The Young and the Restless public service announcement

August

• Be The Match

July

• Save a Life by Being The Match
• It is difficult for biracial patients to find a match
• Fifth Grader's Search For Transplant
• More Blacks Needed

May

• Reval CEO Okochi joins Be The Match Foundation Board of Directors
• Reporter’s Notebook: How Donating Scared the Bone Marrow Out of Me
• Beating the odds
• The Matchmaker

March

• Committed to Life Bone Marrow Donation
• Be The Match campaign seeks diverse donors
• Commitment is key for volunteers who join the Registry
• Thanks to Nordstrom for Making a Difference

February

• Britney Zavada answers the call from Be The Match to save a life
• Tampa Tribune highlights Be The Match Nordstrom partnership
• African Americans have fewer options for donor organs and bone marrow
• Jennifer Jones Austin is one year cancer-free
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch Black blood donors are needed

January

• Dennis Confer on how research is improving transplants
• NMDP CIO interviewed in Twin Cities Business magazine

2010

December

• ABC World News Profiles Athlete Donor Story
• All You Magazine features NMDP patient stories
• Donor Matt Hoffman featured on CBS Evening News
• New York Times article on Caitlin Raymond International Registry

October

• CBS News Sunday Morning shares story of a young patient and his life-saving bone marrow donor

June

• Jimmie Johnson wins $100,000 Pepsi Refresh grant for Be The Match Foundation
• Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. come together in an initiative to refresh America's communities

May

• Coach Andy Talley receives Person of the Decade award for marrow donor recruitment efforts
• ABC News investigates private and public cord blood banks

2009

November

• Hendrick Marrow Program Half Marathon and 5K Results

September

• NMDP pays tribute to Mary Travers
• Ft. Bragg is First Military Hospital to Start Public Cord Blood Donation Program

June

• 2009 Be The Match Marrowthon a Success
• My Sister's Keeper

March

• Treatment Options Conference for Blood Cancer Patients and Families
• 2009 Amy Strelzer Manasevit Research Program Scholar Announced

2008

November

• NMDP Web Resources Empowering Patient-Centered Care
• Stakeholder's Forum

September

• Jeff Gordon Meets with Key Lawmakers
• Coach Talley Recognition

August

• American Express Member Project