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Since 1997, the Postal Service has collaborated with the Be The Match Foundation, formerly the Marrow Foundation, to build awareness of the National Marrow Donor Program, the world’s largest and most diverse registry of potential marrow donors. The Postal Service — through its “Delivering the Gift of Life Campaign” — over the last 12 years has recruited more than 48,000 employees and family members to become registered donors. Of these, 80 have been matched with patients and donated marrow.
This year, the Be the Match Foundation honored the Postal Service by naming it the recipient of the first “Rod Carew Award for Leadership.” The award recognizes the Postal Service and its employees for their efforts to stem leukemia and other life–threatening blood diseases. The award is named for Baseball Hall-of-Fame member Rod Carew, whose daughter was a victim of leukemia.
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