Wolverines For Life

Thinking about joining the NMDP Registry but have questions? You're not alone.

💡 Myth: NMDP shares your personal information.
✅ Fact: Your privacy is protected. Your cheek swab sample and tissue type are identified by a unique code and kept separate from your personal information. NMDP does not share your name, contact information, or genetic type with government agencies or companies outside of its clinical partners.

💡 Myth: If I can't donate blood, I can't donate blood stem cells.
✅ Fact: Different guidelines apply. Many people who aren't eligible to donate blood may still be eligible to donate blood stem cells.

💡 Myth: Donation is always surgery.
✅ Fact: About 90% of donors give peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC), a nonsurgical outpatient procedure similar to donating plasma. Only about 10% of donations are bone marrow donations.

Every patient deserves the chance to find their match. If you're 18–35 and in general good health, consider joining the NMDP Registry today.

Join the registry: my.nmdp.org/wfl

How can a blood stem cell donor save a life?

For patients with blood cancers and other serious blood disorders, a blood stem cell transplant may be their best hope for a cure.

After transplant, healthy blood stem cells from a donor travel to the patient's bone marrow and begin producing new, healthy blood cells. Over time, these cells replace the diseased cells causing illness.

That's why finding committed donors is so important. Every new registry member increases the chance that a patient will find their life-saving match.

If you're between the ages of 18 and 35 and in general good health, consider joining the NMDP Registry today. Registration is simple, and your commitment could someday give a patient a second chance at life.

Join the registry: my.nmdp.org/wfl

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A Michigan family spent what would have been their late daughter's high school graduation day honoring the lives she helped save through organ donation.

📷: Gift of Life Michigan/Kennedy News

This Pride Month, AOPO celebrates the LGBTQIA+ community and reaffirms our commitment to a donation and transplantation system that is inclusive, equitable, and welcoming to all.

Organ, eye, and tissue donation has the power to save and heal lives across every community. Sexual orientation, gender identity, or who you love should never be a barrier to giving or receiving the gift of life.

Pride is about living authentically, supporting one another, and building a future where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

Let your pride live on. Sign up to be an organ, eye, and tissue donor today at RegisterMe.org/AOPO50K. 🌈🏳️‍🌈

Today, we're kicking off NMDP's 2nd Annual Need More Donors People Summer Challenge! We're competing against transplant centers in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Illinois.

How can you help? Share this post to start the conversation about why it's important to join the NMDP stem cell donor registry. Sign up at my.nmdp.org/WFL.

The countdown is on! 👟

The 2026 Washtenaw County Heart & Stroke Walk & 5K is happening this week, and there’s still time to join Wolverines for Life 💙

Be part of a team committed to making a real impact—supporting lifesaving research, public health education, and community programs.

👟 Join our team before walk day:
http://www2.heart.org/goto/WFL

We’d love to walk alongside you.