Increasing the Ethnic Diversity of the Be the Match Registry
The first initiative Bill created is to increase awareness and to diversify and grow the Be the Match bone marrow registry so that patients from any ethnic background can find a matching donor. During his battle with leukemia, Bill learned that an urgent need existed to diversify the Be The Match Marrow Registry. His foundation works closely with Be The Match and other organizations to support bone marrow drives in ethnically diverse communities. Since 2008, the William G. Pomeroy Foundation has helped organize hundreds of bone marrow drives and registered more than 26,000 people. So far, these drives have produced at least 149 donor/patient matches.
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