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'It's just saving lives': How you can join the Be The Match registry & help save the lives of cancer patients
PHILADELPHIA - As journalists, we tell stories every day, but some stories change a reporter's life. I didn't know it at the time, but this was mine. About five years ago, I was working in Rochester, New York, and was assigned a story on a local high school bowler named Cameron Hurwitz. His life was saved because of a bone marrow donation he received and that was the first time I had ever heard of Be The Match. Cameron's story made an impact, so I took two minutes and signed up doubting I would ever get a call. Fast-forward to October 2021 and everything changed when I received a text telling me that I was a match to a complete stranger that needed my help to save his life. Naturally, my friends and family were curious and their number question was wondering what Be The Match even was. "What we do is help people who have blood cancer disorders like leukemia, lymphoma, sickle cell," a spokesperson said. "For these patients, the only cure is to find a matching marrow or stem cell donor.