Fund-Raising
Assistance
Marrow
typing tests are costly—upwards of $80 each. So running a marrow donor drive can
become an onerous financial burden for a family already facing a medical—and financial—crisis
as a result of the illness itself. Marrow Power officials advise
families seeking to conduct marrow donor drives about ways to obtain funding for
this testing.
Peer
Counseling
Marrow
Power matches newly diagnosed patients and their
caregivers with others who have faced a similar ordeal. Through these matchups,
new patients gain a greater understanding of the intricacies of the illness, the
nuances of dealing with doctors and hospitals, how to make the most of a health
insurance policy and navigate the world of contemporary health insurance, and
how to marshal the community to help sign up voluntary marrow donors and pay for
marrow typing.
Education
& Public Awareness
Marrow
Power focuses on educating the public about leukemia,
lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and other blood cancers, and what can be done to treat
and cure them. Patients who need to undergo a bone marrow transplant to save their
lives often have no one in their family who matches their marrow type. So they
must find an unrelated, genetically compatible, living marrow donor so they can
undergo this lifesaving procedure. Members of the healthy public must be urged
to come forward and volunteer as marrow donors to save the lives of people stricken
with these potentially fatal illnesses.
Marrow
Power • 105 Shady Lane • Randolph,
NJ 07869 • 973-895-3356
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