Be the Match holds bone marrow drive to screen for transplant matches
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - For some blood cancers, there aren’t many treatment options, to begin with, but a stem cell or bone marrow match could save someone’s life.
That was why Mary Ellen Bonczek cohosted a “Be The Match” bone marrow drive at the Pine Valley Country Club on Monday, March 27.
Participants were screened to see if they could potentially be a match for anyone waiting for the treatment, such as Mary Bartow, wife of former NHRMC CEO Jack Bartow.
Bartow’s family says even though she has a long road to recovery, she and her friends only want to help others.
“Not necessarily donate in hopes to be a match for my sister, but I guarantee there could be someone out in the world that might be a match for you that you could save their life,” Dewitt Dees, Bartow’s brother said.
The bone marrow drive was the first of many other “Be A Match” events that will take place later. Anyone interested can join the Be The Match Registry by texting “TEAMNANA” to 61474.
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