Dressbarn to Host Bone Marrow Registration Today

in Tewksbury is partnering with Be The Match, the National Marrow Donor Program Registry, for a one day drive to register bone marrow donors in honor of a local woman who is currently battling Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).

Amiee Bernard is a 29-year-old single mom who has been fighting AML for over two years. Treatments put her disease into remission and last summer she joined a roller derby team and a woman's softball team. Her son Ayden learned the make and model of every car on the road – even without seeing the front or back of the car. But Amiee suffered a relapse in November, 2010, and now a bone marrow transplant is her best hope for successful treatment.

"Many of us make New Year's resolutions and then break them a couple of weeks into January," says Jessie DeJackome of Dressbarn in Tewksbury. "But for those fighting life-threatening diseases like cancer, some resolutions - 'I will survive' or 'I will live to see my son graduate' - can be even harder to keep, especially without help."

Dressbarn in Tewksbury, in partnership with Be The Match, is offering Tewksbury-area residents an opportunity to help Amiee and others in need of bone marrow transplants keep their resolutions. To add your name to the donor registry, come to Dressbarn of Tewksbury, located at 10 Main Street, on Saturday, February 12 between 12 pm and 4 pm. Be The Match technicians will be on hand to administer a quick, painless cheek swab that will provide the Registry with the information they need to make a potential match. Residents who are unable to attend the registration event may request a free test kit at http://www.BeTheMatch.org. (http://www.BeTheMatch.org)

"On behalf of Amiee and Ayden, Be The Match and the team at Dressbarn in Tewksbury," adds DeJackome, "thank you in advance for your support!"

For more information about Dressbarn in Tewksbury and the Be The Match bone marrow donor registry event, please contact Mary Kenneally at 508-695-5351 or Mary.Kenneally@dressbarn.com.