The Basketball Marrowthon is our biggest fundraiser and community service project of the year! This event is carried out by the Virginia Basketball Academy to benefit transplant and bone marrow research. Our purpose is to raise funds and awareness, as well as increase the donor registry, all to benefit bone marrow sesearch & transplants around the world!
It’s simple. You play basketball as long as you can…and find people to pay for each hour that you play (or make a flat donation). Our annual Marrowthon is a fun and fit activity for the VDBL (a.k.a. “D” League) that helps support a wonderful cause. There will be up to 12 hours of basketball available to all players (1:00 – 7:00 pm on Saturday, November 6th & Sunday, November 7th). Your hours will count for the time you’re on the court. Whether it is 60-minute scrimmages, 30-minute clinics, Skills Challenges, 3-point Contests or 1-on-1 Challenges with UVA Players, VDBL participants set realistic goals based on age and development. Each player will receive a certificate of participation.And, the best news is…you could SAVE A LIFE! How? Read on! All adults, eighteen years and older, are encouraged to join the registry for bone marrow tissue typing…and possibly save a life. It’s easy to join! There are no needles or invasive procedures. To join the registry, the technology has been vastly simplified in recent years, so there is no reason not to join! You simply stop by a “Donor Booth” at the Basketball Marrowthon and get your cheek swabbed – that’s it! Then, you will be placed on the registry for a patient desperately in need of a match. Be sure to stop by and learn more, join, invite your friends to come by…or volunteer if you’d like to man a booth! VABA will make a contribution for everyone that joins towards the laboratory testing cost.
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