Donor Registration Drive
Friday. May 12th 11:00am - 6:00pm
Reserve Your Spot
The Statistics
- Every 3 minutes someone in the US is diagnosed with blood cancer.
- Only 30% of patients find a matching donor within their family. 70% of patients who need a bone marrow or stem cell transplant rely on finding an unrelated donor.
- In the US over 50,000 people die from blood cancer every year.
DKMS Impact
- 28% of all potential blood stem cell donors worldwide are registered with DKMS
- To date, DKMS has registered over 10 million potential blood stem cell donors worldwide, including over 1,100,000 people in the US.
- So far, over 4,711 second chances at life have been provided by DKMS US.
Who Can Register?
To be eligible to register, a person must be:
- Between the ages of 18 and 55
- In general good health
- Willing to donate to any patient
- Willing to do either method of donation
- Not already registered
- Not an active member of the armed forces
- Living permanently in the U.S. and willing to travel to donate, if needed
Don't qualify to register as a donor? You can also donate to DKMS here.
To Learn More about DKMS and becoming a potential donor, please visit their website: https://www.dkms.org/
