Internationally renowned bone marrow registry Matnas Chaim has been storming the streets of Lakewood, NJ, in efforts of finding a life-saving donor match.
Chaim, a newly married husband and father of a 7-month-old baby girl.Chaim has been diagnosed with a rare disease, and he needs an immediate bone marrow transplant from a perfectly matched donor.
Being of Ashkenazi descent, Chaim’s match must be within the same ancestral pool, i.e. a donor from Ashkenazi descent with similar genealogy. The global secular marrow registries are completely useless in such cases. Matnas Chaim has been the miraculous envoy for nearly 3,200 Jewish patients over the past 20 years.
Matnas Chaim, in partnership with Misaskim, Chai Lifeline and Bikur Cholim of Lakewood, has undertaken the initiative to activate all of Lakewood and unearth the one perfect match.
The date is set for this Thursday, September 7, 2017. Thousands of Lakewood’s own will gather for a mass drive at the following locations:
– Bais Medrash Govoha
– Kol Shimshon
– Chestnut Shul
– Satmar Shul
– Rachmistrivka
– West Gate Shul
If you are an adult between the ages of 18 and 45, you belong at the drive. Testing for a bone marrow match takes just 3 minutes and involves nothing more than a simple swab of your cheek with a cotton swab.No blood is drawn, and you can go on with your day right away.
If you do turn out to be a match, you will be given the choice to donate your marrow in a painless procedure—and literally help save Chaim’s life and his family’s future.
Chaim is counting on you. Matnas Chaim is counting on you. The global Jewish community is counting on you. Because even if you don’t turn out to be Chaim’s match, you may get the opportunity to save another life somewhere else some other time.
Can’t make it to the drive? Order a FREE home kit at matnaschaim.org
[Press Release]
could ladies donate?
I am Chaim’s uncle. In this particular case, the match needs to be male. Nevertheless, women should get swabbed as well. Matnas Chaim (The Gift of Life Foundation) desperately needs thousands of additional Ashkenazi MEN nad WOMEN for their database so that that can help other Yidden (male and female) whose only hope is a bone marrow transplant.
Tizku l’mitzvois to all who are and will be participating.
If I gave a swan once at bmg I think to chai lifeline a couple of years ago, am I in the database already?
Yes. You are. Please just make sure that your contact numbers have not changed since you last swabbed. Otherwise you may be a match but they have no way to contact you. If your contact information has changes, it can’t hurt to swab again.
Tizku L’mitzvos
What time on thursday?
Men and ladies can both donate. If you once swabbed with any organization, then you are in the world-wide database. Matnas Chaim is another version of Gift of Life. The Chai Lifeline drive was done under the auspicious of Gift of Life.
What if you’re older than 45?
If you’re older than 45, no need to swab.
Tizku L’mitzvos
As someone that knows Dovie personally, I am asking you to please tell anybody you know to make as much of an effort as possible to be there. A swab doesn’t hurt, and takes a second.
what time is it going to be tomorrow??
if I swabbed already a few years ago in the hatzolah garage for gift of life and I was told that I’m already in the database, do I need to swab again?
also, can someone provide information for women, where to go? hours? etc…
Thanks