In the News

2013

May

• Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things
• Be The Match Walk and Run
• College student from Haledon gets a second chance at life
• Give Hope
• Swabbing your cheek could save a life
• The Impact of Bone Marrow Donation

April

• Athlete Shortens Career to Donate Bone Marrow
• University of New Hampshire Athlete Shortens Career to Donate Bone Marrow
• Suburbanites plight highlights need for Latino bone marrow donors
• Pacifican with rare blood disorder found bone marrow match through Be The Match

March

• Robert Guerrero and wife Casey meet Robin Roberts on the set of Good Morning America
• Transplant advocate understands the need, personally

February

• Be The Match Walk Run Comes to Dallas
• No one loses this match
• The importance of marrow donation
• Robin Roberts talks beating MDS with Diane Sawyer
• The View features Robin Roberts Return to Good Morning America
• Could you Be The Match
• Leukemia patient aims to score 1,000 new bone marrow donors
• Robin Roberts Returns to Good Morning America

January

• Global number of HSCTs hits 1 million
• Blood Sisters
• Robin Roberts returns to ‘Good Morning America,’ but black bone marrow donors still needed
• MLK Day 2013: Be The Match
• Why many would-be bone marrow, blood stem cell donors back out
• Registry gives thanks for Tannerheads’ power on ice

2012

December

• Bone Marrow Registry in Jerusalem Offers Hope to Arab Cancer Patients
• Why I donated my bone marrow

October

• Run Saturday for Bone Marrow Registry Awareness
• Study Finds Advantages to Bone Marrow Cells
• Stem Cell Source Best Decided by Patient Profile
• Donate marrow, save a life: More African-Americans needed to donate bone marrow
• Promoting real-life stories key to registry boosting ethnic donor numbers

September

• Roberts boosts visibility of bone marrow transplants and Young bone marrow donor 'elated' to save a life
• How a bone marrow transplant will help save Robin Roberts’ life
• “Band” Together with Robin Roberts

August

• GMA Host’s Transplant Story Hits Home
• Bone marrow donor and young recipient to meet on his “rebirthday”
• Cancer survivor meets life-saving donor on ‘GMA’
• Bone marrow saves boy

July

• A push for marrow donations on Capitol Hill
• San Jose Man in Need of Bone Marrow
• California congresswoman fighting for legislation that could have prevented husband’s death
• Bone-marrow donation saves a stranger's life
• July is African American Bone Marrow Awareness Month
• Minneapolis child’s battle highlights need for African American marrow donors
• African American Bone Marrow Awareness Month
• Be The Match effort to increase minority marrow donors
• Save A Life: Be A Bone Marrow Donor
• Black bone marrow donors needed

June

• Statement: U.S. Attorney General Won’t Seek Supreme Court Review of Ninth Circuit Court Ruling
• Bone marrow registration spikes after TV anchor announcement
• Donor Registry Drive held for ABC employees
• Robin Roberts boosts bone marrow registrants
• It’s Time for African Americans to Step Up In the Fight For Life
• Top Workplaces of 2012
• Robin Roberts causes 1,800% spike in donors
• Robin Roberts helps push bone marrow donation
• Robin Roberts reveals MDS diagnosis
• Be The Match Urges More to Donate Bone Marrow

May

• Cord blood banks save more lives
• On Mother's Day: The gift of life
• Finding a match, and a mission: Helping blacks survive cancer
• Interview with Diana Tirpak, cord blood recipient
• National Marrow Donor Registry Today Surpasses 10 Million Volunteers Ready to Give the Living Gift of Life
• Attention, expectant mothers: local doctors, nurses want your baby's umbilical cord blood
• 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

• Cord blood offers hope
• 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
• Local woman visits Washington D.C. to share cancer survival story with legislators
• Chicago Tribune reporter Manya Brachear covered 9 year old Lacey Horwitch’s story
• More African-American marrow donors needed
• 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