Giving HOPE to patients and families in need!
Our Inspiration: Evan Cousineau

Nine-year-old Evan Cousineau was a vibrant three-sport athlete when he was diagnosed with a genetic metabolic disease.  Our lives were turned upside down on May 1, 2007 when we were told that Evan had NO HOPE. Because of our "Fight for Evan", we now fight for every patient and family in need by raising awareness and helping educate the nation about donation in all capacities, so we all have HOPE!!

January 2012 February 2012 March 2012 April 2012 May 2012 June 2012 July 2012 August 2012 September 2012 October 2012 November 2012 December 2012     > All Events December Totals (new registrants added) Events: 79 Online: Total for 2011-4,216 January 14-15 Marrow Registry, Costa Mesa, CA OC Throwdown at OC Fairgrounds 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626. Marrow Registry will take place from 11am-4pm www.OCthrowdown.com   18 January 22 - Blood Drive & Marrow Registry, Randolf, NJ Connor's House Blood & Bone Marrow Donor Drive Bethlehem Church 758 Route 10 Randolph NJ 07869 11:30 AM - 3:00 PM January 28- San Diego Blood Bank Blood Drive & Marrow Registry, San Clemente, CA   Lifesavers Needed ...   The Be A Hero Become A Donor Club at San Clemente High School needs your help to them reach their goal of bringing 1/3 of the blood supply used at our local hospital last year back to our community.   Two bloodmobiles will be located in the Pico parking lot at San Clemente High School  700 Avenido Pico, San Clemente 92673   9am-2pm   Walk ins are welcome, but appointments are preferred. Please go on line to www.mysdbb.org and enter sponsor code "SCLM".   The club will also be running a marrow registry where potential donors can swab their cheek to save the life.   All donors will receive give aways from local businesses and be entered in a raffle.   Questions contact Gina Cousineau 949/842-9975 or email ginac@bahbad.org January 31 - Blood Drive & Marrow Registry, Riverside, CA UC Riverside campus 900 University Ave. Riverside, CA 92521 Place: Olmsted/University Theater Plaza 9 am - 6 pm

San Clemente High School BAHBAD Club Honors Teacher  The San Clemente High School Be A Hero, Become A Donor Club will hold the annual "In-SPEAR-ation" Blood Drive and Marrow Registry,  on Tuesday November 29th in honor of instructor Jeff Spear. The drive begins at 8 a.m. at San Clemente High School. click on the following link for the whole story... Marrow drive is in Honor of longtime SCHS teacher From the Sun Post News: LOCAL MOM TO SPEAK San Clemente’s Gina Cousineau, who lost her son Evan to a genetic disorder in 2007, has been invited to tell her family’s story at the Newborn Screening and Genetic Testing Symposium. The event was sponsored by the Association of Public Health Laboratories and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.   http://www.aphl.org/conferences/2011NBS /Documents/NBSGTS_FinalProg_short_web.pdf Moderators – Fred Lorey, California Department of Public Health and Jill Levy-Fisch, Save Babies Through Screening Foundation Parents and Adult Patient Panel • Gina Cousineau, A Mother’s Perspective • Katie Janzen, SCID - Save Children Inform Doctors • Kelly Jellin, Luck • Cindy Wyvill   Since Evan’s death, Cousineau has launched Be a Hero, Become a Donor, an organization promoting marrow, organ and blood donation. She said a new goal is to promote newborn screening for ALD, the disorder that took her 9-year-old son. Paint it Forward with OPI and DKMS Read how you can join OPI & DKMS to paint it forward... July Newsletter... Read more here... Stem cell storage can put lives at risk. The growth of commercial cord blood banking was ‘‘encouraging a culture of maternal guilt’’ and driving many women to have the costly procedures with few proven clinical benefits, the Irish Stem Cell Foundation has warned.   It said the health of mothers and babies could be jeopardised during the collection of umbilical cord stem cells for storage by private companies, which were charging about €1,700 for storage, in addition to ongoing storage fees.   Read more here...  Big News: June Newsletter from Be A Hero Become a Donor Foundation Find out the big news here... Dying teen's 'bucket list' goes viral By Rosa Golijan Alice Pyne,  a 15-year-old with terminal cancer, recently made a simple blog on which she wanted to document how precious the time she has with her family and friends is. She called it "Alice's Bucket List" and included notes on the things she hoped she could do before her illness got the better of her.   Check out Alice's blog here... http://alicepyne.blogspot.com/ Marrow Miracle Saves Young Boy's Life Fox 11 News video report: Watch here... Check out our May Newsletter... Read newsletter... Join BAHBAD Facebook Page "Like" us and we will show up in your newsfeed so you can see our lifesaving efforts » Click here April's Newsletter... Read it here... March Newsletter » Read Newsletter BAHBAD Donor writes letter to patient at 1 year anniversary Andy Gausepohl, medical student at USC, shares his thoughts with patient he gave life to. » Read Letter BAHBAD Donor Match Shares!! Firefighter Jacquie shares her PBSC donation experience    College baseball coach donates kidney to player http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_ blog/2011/02/college-baseball-coach- donates-kidney-to-player.html  Your baby can save a life In a public bank, the umbilical cord blood of Leidy Sanchez and Carlos Reyes' son, Christopher, is available to help anyone.  Read the whole CNN story here... Together We Can Make A Difference Reflections from a 4th grader  http://gallery.me.com/kjschellin/101817  Savannah's dream “Her dream was to have her own organic ranch some day,” Sachen said. “She was an incredible kid. She was such a wise old soul, very intelligent.” Sachen, of Aliso Viejo, created a foundation called Savannah's Organic Ranch in his daughter's honor and has been planting organic gardens at Orange County schools in her name ever since.   Read all about it here: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/organic-65813-ocprint-sachen-savannah.html

BAHBAD PSA How To Donate Bone Marrow

		@import url(http://www.bahbad.org/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Load.ashx?type=style&file=SyntaxHighlighter.css);@import url(/__administration/css/rfteditor.css); The Be A Hero Become A Donor Foundation is proud to announce its partnership with  DKMS Americas  as their "Ambassadors to the West". Go to GetSwabbed.org today to join the marrow registry  Select "Be A Hero Become A Donor" from the "How did you hear about us" menu on the sign up form - so we can see the effect we are making together.