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Be The Match - Help Save a Life, Be a Bone Marrow Donor

Be The Match Registry offers thousands of patients a second chance at life by finding compatible bone marrow donors.

Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church in Potomac Falls, Virginia will hold a donor drive on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall (below the church). We hope to find a donor for seven year old parishioner Joey Angel. Joey has severe aplastic anemia and needs a bone marrow transplant.

Joining the Be The Match Registry involves signing up and providing a swab of your cheek cells for testing. You will be contacted if you are ever a match. There is no cost to join; however, donations cover testing and maintaining the Registry. Questions? Contact Tricia on tjoneskershaw@aol.com.

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