Chris Herrell is 39 years old and has been married to his wife Laurie for 15 years. They have three young children; Chase (8) and in the 2nd grade, Rickson (2) and Alani (infant) who was just adopted this past September right before Chris became sick. Chris works for the Cincinnati Reds and was recently diagnosed with Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), a rare form of blood cancer. 

His only cure is a bone marrow transplant. Presently, no donors in the bone marrow registry match Chris.  A match must be found to save his life. Without it, his wife and children will lose him to this battle.

All it takes to join the Registry is a simple swab of a Q-tip! 
Please join the registry.  The need is Great and the solution is Simple.... but the cure starts with YOU.....

Thank you for your time and consideration!  If you have questions, please contact Laurie via email at lcherrell@gmail.com.  To follow Chris's progress, please visit: www.caringbridge.org/visit/chrisherrell

For more information on blood cancers and life saving bone marrow donation, please visit:  www.marrow.org

 Join the Registry

http://join.marrow.org/reds03match

Click the link above to request a kit or go to www.marrow.org and click on "join the registry online" use promo code REDS03MATCH

or

Please join us at one of our upcoming registry drives in Owensboro, KY, Louisville, KY and Indianapolis, IN.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Cintas Center

Xavier University Home Basketball Game -

must have ticket to enter arena

7:30pm - 11:30 pm

Cincinnati, OH

Thursday, March 7, 2013  

 11:30 am - 1:30 pm and 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

 Harrison College, Indy East Campus

8150 Brookville Road, Indianpolis

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Highland Green Discovery Center

1401 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY

(Hosted by Bone Marrow Transplant Unit of University of Louisville Hospital)

Thursday, March 14, 2013

10 am - 2 pm

Bellarmine University - Horrigan Hall

2001 Newburg Road, Louisville, KY 40205

(Hosted by Bellarmine University Health Services/Student Government)

Monday, March 18, 2013

11am - 4 pm 

University of Louisville - Student Activities Center (Multi-Purpose Room)

(Hosted by Alpha Phi Omega Co-ed Service Fraternity)

Tuesday and Thursday, March 26 & 28, 2013

4:30 pm - 8:00 pm each day

Butler University

Atherton Union

Starbucks

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Angie's List (downtown Indy)

1030 East Washington Street

Indianpolis, Indiana

Make A Donation

Be The Match relies on contributions from people like you so that it can further its mission.  Donations are used to support adding more potential donors to the Be The Match Registry.  To maximize the number of people that can be added during our drive, please help us in our fundraising efforts. Any contributions made will be greatly appreciated and will help save lives!

To make a donation online, click "Make A Gift” on the top left of this page. If you prefer to mail contributions, please make check or money order payable to Be The Match Foundation and mail check(s) to:

Be The Match
P.O. Box 157277
Cincinnati, OH  45215
C/0 Dannie Terre Moore

**Please put Chris Herrell in the memo line of your check.

Providing Hope

Every year, thousands of people of all ages are diagnosed with leukemia, MDS and other life-threatening diseases. For many of them, the best hope is a marrow or umbilical cord blood transplant from a matching donor. Seventy percent of patients do not have a donor in their family and depend on the Be The Match Registry to find a match.

The Be The Match Registry is operated by the National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP). The NMDP is dedicated to creating an opportunity for all patients to receive the bone marrow or umbilical cord blood transplant they need, when they need it.
You have the power to help by making a donation and joining the registry!