Citizen Staff Report
IN BRIEF
Tucsonans are invited to help save lives by registering to donate bone marrow this weekend, a news release from the National Marrow Donor Program says.
Registration, which takes about 10 minutes, will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at the Randolph Golf Club’s Copper Room, 600 S. Alvernon Way.
Each year, life-threatening illnesses such as leukemia and lymphoma are diagnosed in more than 35,000 people, many of whom could benefit from bone marrow donations, the release said.
Donors should be 18 to 60 years old and have no history of cancer, heart disease, lung or respiratory illness, diabetes, serious back conditions or high-risk behaviors.
For more information, visit the program’s site at www.marrow.org.
RYN GARGULINSKI
rynski@tucsoncitizen.com