For more information from BE THE MATCH, visit their website.

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February 11, 2010 · 11 AM - 3 PM

in the Lobby of 5th and Broadway

• Drawing will be held every hour
• Health Requirements to be a donor
• Steps to donation

Help us spread the word about this event with a printable flyer (PDF) or a flyer to send via email (PDF).

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SBTS to host stem cell donor drive for professor Stam

By Emily Griffin
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is partnering with “Be the Match” to host a stem cell donor drive on Feb. 11 for Carl Stam, associate professor of church music and worship and director of the Institute for Christian Worship at the seminary.

Since spring 2007, Stam has been battling an aggressive form of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The nature of Stam’s lymphoma is necessitating a stem cell transplant to aid in his recovery. “We are blessed — and so hopeful for a full recovery,” Stam said. “But it has come down to this: we must find a stem cell match for a transplant. This is the best chance to eliminate the lymphoma from my body.”

The goal of the drive is to help find Stam a stem cell match and make participants aware of the “Be the Match” organization, which helps patients find a matching donor and assists in funding transplant procedures.

Anyone between the ages of 18 and 60 and in overall good health can become a registry member at the donor drive. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. “Be the Match” will be registering participants in the lobby of 5th and Broadway in the Honeycutt Campus Center.

Participation will require filling out basic paperwork and collecting a swab of cheek cells. If you are unable to attend the Feb. 11 event, you can join the registry online at www.bethematch.org.

“The support that has come our way from family, friends and strangers, has been a terrific display of God’s love and care for us,” Stam said. “Thousands of cancer patients, including me, are depending on the willingness of interested friends like you to register with the NBMR’s ‘Be the Match’ program.”

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Thank you to our sponsors -

• The Cheesecake Factory (Mall at St. Matthews)
• Edgar’s
• 5th & Broadway
• J. Gumbo’s (Frankfort Avenue)
• The Legacy Hotel
• LifeWay Christian Resources – SBTS campus