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Volunteers Needed to Help Those Impacted By Blood Cancer!
ORGANIZATION: There Goes My Hero
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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47 people are interested
There Goes My Hero was founded by leukemia survivor and bone marrow transplant recipient Erik Sauer.
Our mission is save lives, provide hope, help those impacted by blood cancer.
On May 20, 2008, Erik was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML). One week later, Erik’s wife Lisa gave birth to their son Joey. Several days later, Erik entered Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he spent four rocky months, receiving chemotherapy and, ultimately, a bone marrow transplant from an unrelated donor.
Erik's own fight led him to want to help others. Today, Hero partners with DKMS to add potential lifesavers to the National Bone Marrow Registry; and with the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and other local providers to provide a support system to blood cancer patients and their families, including transportation services, parking coupons, and housing during treatment.
Since 2009, we have had
- 23,134 people added to the bone marrow donor registry
- 709 matches
- 67 life-saving transplants
- provided 155,985 meals to patients
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About There Goes My Hero
Location:
30 E Padonia Rd, Timonium, MD 21093, US
Mission Statement
Save lives. Provide hope. Help those impacted by blood cancer.
Description
There Goes My Hero has variety of programs and initiatives, such as bone marrow donor registry drives, the Hero Fund, Color the Registry, and Join for Joe.
Since 2009, we have:
Registered 23,134 potential lifesavers onto the bone marrow donor registry
Found 709 matches
Facilitate 67 life-saving transplants
Provided 155,985 meals to patients
Volunteers educate people on the importance of joining the bone marrow donor registry and facilitate the swabbing process for those who are interested in registering. Volunteers also prepare and serve meals for the cancer patients and caregivers at Johns Hopkins Hackerman-Patz Patient and Family Pavilion, create cards of encouragement, and stuff farting animals for pediatric cancer patients. There Goes My Hero also has in-office volunteer opportunities, including opportunities to write "Thank You" letters to our donors, call businesses for donations, and more!
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Multiple locations Lutherville-Timonium, MD 21093
DATE POSTED
October 11, 2023
SKILLS
- Multi-Tasking
- Networking
- People Skills
- Public Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- Attendance and timeliness of volunteers is very important to the program. If for some reason you can’t make a scheduled shift, please let us know as early as possible!