Every year, more than 10,000 patients in the U.S. are diagnosed with life-threatening diseases such as leukemia or lymphoma, and their best or only hope of a cure is a transplant from an unrelated adult donor or umbilical cord blood unit.
The tissue types used for matching patients with donors are inherited, so patients are most likely to find a match within their own racial or ethnic heritage. There are 9 million people on the Be The Match Registry®, but only 300,000 — or 3% — are from mixed race backgrounds.
“A Place for Us” is a non-profit, 501c3 organization incorporated in California in 1984. We started almost 30 years ago to do everything we could to make multiracial families understand how valued and important they really are. Needless to say, nothing is more valuable and important as your right to live!
Our goal is to raise awareness of the need for more people of diverse backgrounds to join the Be The Match Registry® as potential marrow donors or donate their newborn baby’s umbilical cord blood.
Currently, the challenge to find a matched donor is greatest among minority communities. Right now, the chances of Caucasians finding a match on the Be The Match Registry is close to 93 percent, but for minorities, the chances can be as low as 66 percent. More people of diverse heritages are urgently needed so that more lives can be saved.
The Solution
Join the Be The Match Registry as a potential marrow donor and help give thousands of people with life-threatening diseases the chance to live.
To sign up as a committed registry member, people need to meet age and health guidelines and be ready, willing and available to donate to any patient in need. Registration involves completing a health history form and giving a swab of cheek cells. Take the first step at BeTheMatch.org.
About the Donation Process
A marrow or cord blood transplant replaces a patient’s unhealthy blood-forming cells with healthy ones. The cells used in transplants come from three sources: marrow, peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) and umbilical cord blood.
Adults may be asked to donate one of two ways:
Learn about some of the myths and facts about marrow donation here.
A Place For Us - moving America towards a Colorblind Society since 1984. We do everything we can to make multiracial families understand how valued and important they really are!
We are Bold and our Hearts are full of love for God, Our Country and all Americans who believe in traditional family values. Our goal is not to have people accept interracial relationships, but respect everyone the same way they wish to be respected.
We are challenging our Country's leaders in every area to confront it's phobias about interracial/multiracial issues, while holding fast to the many traditional values that have made our country great.
We confront issues head on, sometimes with tough love and constructive criticism. We believe that Multiracial people are the majority in our country, and yet have very little representation in the Media, Politics, Religion and Education. We're here to help change that!
We also support multiracial families, individuals and transracial adoption families.
For those who request it, individual or family counseling is available from a practical and Judeo-Christian standpoint. 
