Health & Fitness
Bone Marrow Donor Registry Drive Set For Wednesday
The event will help patients like 19-year-old Bayley Whittle, who is battling leukemia and non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
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CARTERSVILLE, GA -- The Cartersville Medical Center will host a bone marrow donor drive next week at its facility in Cartersville.
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The drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 20 in Classroom 1. Next week's event is inspired by a 19-year-old University of West Georgia student named Bayley Whittle.
A three-sport athlete who graduated from Gordon Central High School, Whittle was recently diagnosed with an advanced stage of non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and leukemia.
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Whittle is in need of a bone marrow transplant, and is looking for that person who could be his life-saving match.
If you are unable to attend next weeks event, you can join the registry online at http://join.bethematch.org\Bayley. For more information, contact Lauren Pomerantz at lpomeran@nmdp.org or 404-858-9709.
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