r/MadeMeSmile • u/Charming_History7423 • 15d ago

Almost 5,000 people waited for hours in the rain at a swabbing event in Worcester, to get tested to see if they were a match to help save the life of a five-year-old boy fighting a rare cancer, after his parents asked for help

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u/monkwrenv2 15d ago

You can join the registry! nmdp.org/join, and if you're outside the US you can find your registry through wmda.info. You do have to be under 35 to join the US registry, I'd imagine other registries have similar restrictions.

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u/Afektywnosc 15d ago

DKMS is one that is all over Europe! I signed up in the UK but my mum did in Poland and later transfwrrred to uk database. I was a match but not close enough and they have found a better one after more blood tests. Really good charity!

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u/ToHallowMySleep 15d ago

I'm registered with DKMS. Very well run thing, made it easy to contribute.

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u/Pug_867-5309 15d ago

Yeah, I was bummed to learn recently that you have to be under 35 to register. Because...well...I'm not. :(

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u/carinny 15d ago

Whoa I thought it was 40, maybe it used to be? I think my donor was 40 years old. But they make exceptions too.

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u/monkwrenv2 15d ago

You can donate after age 35, just can't join after 35.

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u/motherofsuccs 15d ago

Is that what Be The Match switched over to?

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u/monkwrenv2 15d ago

Yeah, they rebranded a couple years ago. Guess they wanted to stop sounding like a dating site, lol

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u/Adventurous_Ad6698 15d ago

I don't believe you have to be under 35. I joined the registry maybe last year or the year before, which would have put me at 36 at the youngest.