This year's event is being held on May 25th in the San Jose area to support thousands of people in need of bone marrow transplants. This drive is in honor of a young Iranian man who has been told he needs a transplant and unfortunately his family are not a match. Perhaps it is you, your neighbor, co-worker or friend.

Testing is simple, in the sense that there is no blood work involved, they will only need to swab your cheek. You will then be placed on the donor registry and will contacted if you match a patient in need. For more information on this process please visit the National Marrow Donor Program website, www.marrow.org. For those of you who are not located in the bay area but would like to be on the donor registry, please visit the website and find out how to get the swab kit mailed to you or find a local drive. To help, email your Marrow Registry ID # to marrow@iranican.com.