Rocking the Cure

BENEFITTING THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW DONOR REGISTRY

Calvary Houston is hosting the Rockin’ the Cure Fun Run to benefit the National Bone Marrow Donor Registry (NMDP). The donor registry has been helping patients receive the life saving transplants they need for more than 20 years. Now, medical advances are making transplants available to more patients of all ages than ever before.

NMDP offers people the unique opportunity to help a patient by donating bone marrow. Thousands of patients with blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, sickle cell and other life-threatening diseases depend on NMDP to find a match.

A patient's doctor can contact the NMDP to search the Registry and other registries worldwide to access nearly 16.5 million donors and nearly 550,000 cord blood units.

Where does Calvary Houston come in? Each time a person is swabbed as a possible DNA/Bone Marrow donor, it costs $100 to process the DNA to add that individual to the registry. Calvary Houston, through the Rockin’ The Cure Fun Run will be donating all proceeds to support the process and add more people to the registry. More people in the registry…. more opportunity for lives to be saved.

Even if you are not able to run, please consider donating to Rockin’ The Cure and help fight cancer and save lives.

Waiver Statement Must Be Signed In consideration of acceptance of this entry, I waive and release all claims for myself and heirs against Calvary Houston, the City of Friendswood, and any sponsor and all officials and volunteers of the Rockin’ the Cure Fun Run for any illness or injury that may direcly or indirectly result from participation in the 2012 Rockin‘ the Cure Fun Run. I further state that I have trained and am in proper physical condition to participate in the race.The entry is invalid unless signed by entrant. If entrant is under 18 years of age, parent or guardian must sign.