William and Mary's Drive was founded in 1991 in the hope of saving a professor here on campus. The Drive was continued by Jay Bukzin ('94) in an effort to find a match for his brother, Alan.

Some Facts about the Bone Marrow Drive:

In the United States over 30,000 people a year are diagnosed with diseases for which bone marrow donation may be the one cure. In most cases a transplant can increase a patient's chance of survival by 50%.

It only takes a cheek swab to enter someone into the National Registry, but this simple test costs $52 per person. Our attempts are to fundraise over $60,000 every year so that anyone who wishes to be entered into the National Registry will be able to do so for free.

In our 17 years we have registered over 12,000 people into the National Registry which has led to over 275 matches and over 90 life-saving procedures.

Last year we entered 840 new people into the National Registry. This year our goal is to add another 1000 people.

We are expanding our efforts beyond the campus of William and Mary. For the past few years we have been helping Hampton University establish their own Bone Marrow Drive with a Steering Committee similar to that at William and Mary. We also hold a Community Drive in order to reach the wider Williamsburg/Hampton Roads area.

To gain more information about the donation of Bone Marrow please visit The National Marrow Donor Program website at http://www.marrow.org