Share this challenge Activity Feed Tags Challenge Brief OpenIDEO has partnered with the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University to explore new ideas for encouraging bone marrow donation worldwide. Together we're asking you, the OpenIDEO community, to help us find ways to expand the global network of potential bone marrow donors and support people who are battling leukemia and other blood cancers. Inspired to action by this challenge? Share your story to gather support, celebrate progress & inspire others to act. Bone marrow transplants are one type of treatment for leukemia and other blood or bone marrow cancers. This OpenIDEO challenge will complement the efforts of 100K Cheeks , a Stanford-based advocacy group dedicated to increasing the number of people enrolled in bone marrow registries worldwide. Certain populations are dramatically under-represented in existing bone marrow registries. For example, the match rate within the South Asian* demographic is critically low -- with a 1 in 20,000 chance for a potential recipient to find a match. For more information about bone marrow donation (including the process, myths, and facts), visit BeTheMatch.org . If you're interested in becoming a donor, you can look up the registry in your country here . I am new to OpenIdeo as of today, however, this concept really jumped out to me because of my past involvement with improving bone marrow awareness and increasing the bone marrow database of potential matches. While in college I played college football at Villanova University, where head coach Andy Talley