Meet Matthew.
Matthew is my 14 year old son, and he is recovering from Acute Myeloid Leukemia and a recent Bone Marrow Transplant. He spent 154 nights in the hospital at CHOP and received 29 pints of red blood cells and 30 units of platelets within a 6 months span of time from October 2012 to May 2013.
He received 59 units of blood...59 donations...59 volunteers...59 angels...59 heroes.
To anyone that gives blood regularly, I Thank You from the bottom of my heart. My son would not have survived one week without a transfusion. He was just one of the 5 million patients that need blood in the US every year.
So I am here to ask you to consider donating blood and joining the national bone marrow registry. Joining the registry is free, painless (just a cheek swab), and you could truly be the ONLY person in the world as a match for a patient that needs a transplant. This is the easiest thing you can do to truly be a hero and save somebody's life!
Find out what's happening in Montgomeryville-Lansdalewith free, real-time updates from Patch.
The Blood Drive and Bone Marrow Drive is 8:00am to 1:00pm
The Platelet Drive is 9:00am to 3:00pm
Find out what's happening in Montgomeryville-Lansdalewith free, real-time updates from Patch.
To schedule an appointment, go to http://www.redcrossblood.org/make-donation and use sponsor code: Matt Knoebel or call 1-800-RED-CROSS
No appointment is necessary for Be the Match
To sign up to donate platelets, please CONTACT ME to schedule you. My cell phone number is 215-872-1007, send me a text with your name and I will get you set up!
BE THE MATCH will be there to register those who have not yet joined the national bone marrow registry! I was just told last week that we have had someone called to be a potential donor and she registered because of Matthew - so PLEASE sign up, you never know when someone might need YOU to safe their life!
