Your financial contribution to help others become donors is also greatly needed. Again, I thank you for your words, thoughts and prayers. They mean more than you will ever know. Bless You, The Hendrick Marrow Program, in partnership with The Marrow Foundation , began in order to make people aware of the great need for marrow donors. The Hendrick Marrow Program seeks to launch drives to recruit donors, raise funds for tissue typing and to educate people about the National Marrow Donor Program.
Marrow is a tissue found in the large bones of the body.
It produces vital blood components, such as white blood cells, which fight infection, red cells that carry oxygen and platelets, which prevent bruising and bleeding. Any disease that affects your marrow may eliminate your body's ability to protect itself. Leukemia and other blood diseases have traditionally been fought with radiation or chemotherapy. However, these methods can damage the body and aren't always effective. Marrow transplants give a patient a second chance at a healthy life.