Minot State, MSU Athletics, Beaver football team with NMDP to help save lives
MINOT, N.D. – Minot State University, MSU Athletics, and the Beaver football program are teaming up with NMDP for “Get in the Game,” a drive to find more life-saving donors for patients in need of a blood stem cell transplant.
NMDP will be on the MSU campus on Thursday, Feb. 13, for two education recruitment drives. Minot State faculty, staff, and students will have two locations available throughout the day, with individuals available from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Student Center on the second floor outside the Beaver Creek Café and at the MSU Dome. The public is invited to attend an evening session from 6-7 p.m. at the MSU Dome.
Every four minutes, someone in the United States is diagnosed with a blood cancer. Thousands of patients with blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma or other diseases like sickle cell need a blood stem cell transplant to survive.
By attending the event and providing a cheek swab, individuals will join the NMDP Registry, with their genetic type included in the search process for every patient in need of a blood stem cell donor. Individuals can join the registry if they are:
MSU football and NMDP formed a partnership to help bring the organization to campus to raise awareness and to help find donors. NMDP will provide MSU staff and students with a volunteer training session on Feb. 12.
For more information, see NMDP’s WEBSITE or contact NMDP’s Keesha Mason by EMAIL.
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Published: 02/11/25
