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receive a test kit
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Receive Your Testing Kit
Thank you for taking the first step toward saving someone's life by requesting your testing kit. Every day over 6,000 men, women and children desperately search the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) Registry for a matching bone marrow donor. Donors with diverse racial or ethnic backgrounds are especially needed.
It's easy to join the NMDP Registry of willing bone marrow donors:
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Confirm you meet basic donor guidelines
Please check the boxes below to confirm you meet donor guidelines. You need to meet all the guidelines and check all the boxes to go on to the next step.
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Age: I am between the ages of 18 and 60. |
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Health: I am in overall good health and meet medical guidelines . |
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Commitment: I am willing to donate to any patient in need and I understand the donation process -- for more information, see Understanding Your Commitment. |
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I live in the United States or Puerto Rico: If you live outside the United States or
Puerto Rico, please contact a donor center in the country where you live. |
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I am not in the U.S. military: If you are in the U.S. military, please contact the C.W. Bill Young Marrow Donor Center in Kensington, Md., to join the Registry. |
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I have not already joined: Whether you join the NMDP Registry online or in person, you are part of the same Registry. If you have previously given a blood sample or cheek cell sample to be tested for the Registry, you do not need to join again. If you're not sure whether you've already joined, answer a few short questions to confirm you are on the Registry . |
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Kids Beating Cancer will mail you the health consent form for you to complete and sign that you are consenting to have your DNA typing, with the testing results, to be added to the National Marrow Donor Program National Registry. We ask that you make a $52 donation to cover the cost of your tissue-typing kit. Payment by check: address to Kids Beating Cancer and mail to:
Kids Beating Cancer
615 E Princeton St
Suite 400
Orlando, FL 32803
Pay by credit card:
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Step 3. |
When you receive the kit complete the health consent form and swabbing of your 4 quadrants of cheek cells and mail back to Kids Beating Cancer immediately . |
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