Today we spotlight Eashan Sharma who points out the experience that motivated him to join SAMAR as a young volunteer. The bone marrow registry needs individuals of various ethnicities to be a part of donors. Text THECURE to 61474, you could save a life. #volunteerspirit

Our young volunteers are moved by the struggles of the community and those around them. It takes immense commitment to make a bone marrow donation drive happen. Vilok is in spotlight today for his work with bone marrow drives in 2004. Text THECURE to 61474. #marrowdonors

September is #SickleCellAwarenessMonth! ❤ Did you know that 1 out of every 365 Black or African Americans are born with Sickle Cell Disease? To learn more about SCD and what we have in store this month, click here: ms.spr.ly/6010TswdO #SickleCell #BeTheMatch

It is our responsibility to educate all of our volunteers. We make sure we prepare you and get you up to speed with all the information and protocol you need to run a drive. text THECURE to 61474 and register for being a marrow donor from where ever you are. #bonemarrowdrives

Proud of Eashan to keep going during these unprecedented times with #virtualDrives. Contact us to learn more about how to set up a #virtualDrive for bone marrow donation within your community. Register to become a bone marrow donor. Text THECURE to 61474. #youngVolunteers

"You could be that miracle match ... " Continuing our series of spotlighting our volunteers. Thank you Vilok and Poornima for giving us your time and commitment. Consider registering to be a marrow donor. You may save a life. Register by texting THECURE to 61474 #bethematch

Continuing with our spotlights for our #youngvolunteers Here is Rhea holding drives and making sure we gain diversity in the bone marrow registry! Thank you for your hard work. Register today text THECURE to 61474 #marrowdonors #bethematch #diversity #bonemarrowregistry

Thank you Eashan for your hard work with the #bonemarrowdrives over the years !! He is also set to now set up virtual drives. Proud of our #youngvolunteers. Help increase the #diversity of the #bonemarrowregistry. Text THECURE to 61474 and register, you may #savealife #bethematch

Thank you Aishwarya for your commitment to SAMAR. We have seen you work diligently to set up drives at temples at community gatherings, you have contributed to bringing awareness! Our #youngvolunteers fill us with pride. Text THECURE to 61474 and register yourself. #bethematch

We will never forget. #September11

Our #youngvolunteers give their weekends, holidays to connect with community and create awareness towards the #bonemarrowregistry. Here is Aishwarya diligently doing so multiple times ! Thank you for your commitment. Text THECURE to 61474. #bethematch

If you found out your marrow matched a stranger in need, would you go through the donation process?

Our #youngvolunteers #spotlight features Aadi Punwani who connected with SAMAR's efforts in registering minorities for the #bonemarrowregistry. Learn about the representation of minorities in the registry. Better yet, register by texting THECURE to 61474. #BeTheMatch

#tbt September is #SickleCellAwarenessMonth !

On this World Marrow Donor Day we thank all the donors who give us reason to keep going and working towards diversity in the bone marrow registry. Thank you for your courage. #wmdd2020

12-Year-Old Boy Cured of Sickle Cell Disease After Stem Cell Transplant: 'I Started Crying' people.com/health/boy-cur… Bone marrow donation saves lives. Text THECURE to 61474 and create a possibility where you can help someone with their life. #minoritiesInBoneMarrowRegistry

Be The Match/SAMAR wants to welcome these amazing students and applaud them on their efforts of helping to save lives by opening a Be The Match campus at CCNY. Looking forward to working with CCNY to help register donors! Text “CCNY” to 61474 to register. #CCNY #SAMAR #bethematch

Will you be Dylan’s cure? 8 year old South Asian/ Caucasian Dylan is diagnosed with Severe Aplastic Anemia (AA), a treatable disorder by a genetically HLA matching peripheral blood stem cell transplant. Register using the QR code or text code to see if you can help save her life.