Faith Hope and Love Jesus.org

January 2013

To join the registry as a prospective bone marrow donor is very simple.  How simple you ask, almost unbelievably simple.  During the registration process you will be given a small packet of items which consists of a form asking information about yourself, 4 long q-tip swabs and an envelope.  You begin by filling out the form, swabbing both your cheeks followed by placing your q-tips in the envelope and sealing it.  That’s it you are done.  No needles and no wait, just you doing your part.  The whole process takes about 15 minutes. 

Faith Hope and Love Jesus has a vision to educate the general public about this life saving medical advance so that bone marrow donor registration will be as commonplace as donating blood is today.  Marsha has been on the registry since 1992.  Unfortunately, she has never received that welcomed call that she is a match that could save a life.  She looks forward to that call.  Our hope is that you will too.  Thousands of patients depend on bone marrow donors who can give them a chance for a cure. You have the power to save a life. You are a Swab away from saving a life. Join us. Get registered. Save a live.  

Steps in the donor process

September 2015, 2016 and October 2017, 2018





“My goal is to keep growing the Walk+Run events to get more donors on the Be The Match Registry® and more donations for research, so that more people can survive just like me,” Bill says. When someone’s in need, we often ask ourselves, “What can I do to help?” For Bill Tonkinson, that question has overtime morphed into, “What more can I do to help?” An 18-year marrow transplant survivor, Bill has dedicated his second chance at life to volunteering tirelessly to raise awareness and funds for Be The Match®. Bill’s volunteer efforts include serving on Philadelphia’s Be The Match Walk+Run planning committee, leading “Team Tonk” the city’s largest Walk+Run team and logging nearly 330 hours as a volunteer courier transporting life-saving marrow to patients all over the country. Bill inspires others to get involved in the Be The Match mission whenever possible. This year, Bill inspired Philadelphia Energy Solutions his employer to sponsor the Philadelphia Walk+Run. Read more of Bill’s story and learn how you and your company can get involved.





Volunteer, Shirley Jackson, has spent more than 14 years supporting Be The Match.

Our volunteers mean everything to our mission and our patients. Volunteer and Team Be The Match® fundraiser Shirley Jackson has supported Be The Match® for more than 14 years, starting as a volunteer courier. Be The Match couriers transport life-saving marrow across the country and the world to transplant centers for patients in need. Shirley joined the courier program in 2002 to help others and honor the memory of her father who died from leukemia. “My dad died from leukemia, which was really tough,” said Shirley. “During training to be a volunteer courier, I looked out the Be The Match building window and realized that my dad’s final resting place was right across the street. That was a real motivator for me.” Now age 71, last year was Shirley’s final year as a Be The Match courier. But this doesn’t stop her dedication to the cause. In recent months, Shirley raised money through Team Be The Match, helped Be The Match as an event day volunteer for the Be The Match Gala in Minneapolis and volunteers as a Be The Match Registry® member recruiter with a mission to “change the world.” Read more about Shirley’s story and join her in supporting our cause.



August 2012-2017 and October 2012-2017

2K Run/Walk & Health Fair 2017

Family Life Center



            April 18, 2013  Thursday from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at             
        Kennesaw State University Student Center Leadership Room

We are pleased to once again partner with the Golden Key Honour Society chapter at Kennesaw State University.  Our aim is to continue to raise the awareness about this profound medical advancement that is quickly becoming the leading cure for blood disorders.  One of our programs is to help the bone marrow donor registration process become an every day activity to help increase the lives saved of our family and neighbors who need this procedure. Thank you to our partners Golden Key Honour Society and Be The Match.  Remember you are a SWAB away from saving a life.

June 2012

Bone marrow transplants were considered experimental for breast cancer patients in the 90's when Joey received his transplant.  There was a beautiful lady who visited Joey in January 1997 at UCONN during his transplant.  She was also a patient, a very special one because she was the first breast cancer patient at UCONN to receive a bone marrow transplant.  Joey was the first pediatric leukemia autologous bone marrow transplant at UCONN in 1997.  Since then we have seen thousands of lives saved from this very profound treatment.  Our hope and aim is for the bone marrow donation process to be as commonplace as giving blood. Remember you are just a SWAB away from saving a life. Join us. Save a life.

       March 22, 2012  Thursday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm  at  Kennesaw
              State University Student Center Conference Room 301

Thousands of patients depend on Be The Match Registry to find a donor who can give them a chance for a cure.  You have the power to save a life.  You are a Swab away from saving a life.  Join us. Save lives. 

May 1, 2012 Update: We registered 60 new bone marrow donors at this event. Thank you to all our volunteers and sponsors: BJs, Dollar General, Dominos, Firestone, Goodyear, Jimmy Johns, Kaufman Tire, Krispy Kreme and Kroger.