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Teen Project RACE founder registers as donor with National Marrow Donor Program
Ryan Graham, founder of TPR, was too young to become a bone marrow donor when he started this organization. You must be over the age of 18 to join the registry. The busy years of college and then joining the work world made registering something he would do when he came across a donor drive.
Ryan is now 24-years-old, and on July 24, 2009 while visiting his mom, (Project RACE founder, Susan Graham) they were at the famous Gilroy Garlic Festival and there it was: a three day marrow donor registration drive!
The drive was held by BeTheMatch.org. We would like to commend this organization for holding the drive and for including this on their flyer: *Ethnically diverse people are critically needed in the marrow donor registry.*
There is a critical shortage of multiracial bone marrow donors in the registry. Joining the registry is easy; you complete a short health questionnaire, sign a form that you understand what it means to be list on the Registry, and then a small swab of cheek cells is taken to find your tissue type. That's it. It's never too late to join the registry.
PLEASE SIGN UP TO BE THE ONE TO SAVE A LIFE.
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