For fellow Riley kid Tyler Genneken whose leukemia has come back: Meals for Marrow located at Independence Park in Greenwood, IN, on Tuesday, August 4th (11 am – 4 pm) The event is being catered by Gray Brother’s Cafeteria and if you donate blood and sign up for the bone marrow registry – you eat for free! You can purchase a kids meal for $5 and you can also PURCHASE PIES to help cover the cost of the kits.

If you would like to volunteer for Meals for Marrow, please let me know. When I signed up to volunteer I was told there are 4 volunteers so far and they need at least 15.  Please send me an e-mail at mjmb@deputyfamily.net if you would like to help out. By the way, the test to get on the Bone Marrow Registry is a simple swab of the inside of your cheek – no needles involved.  You can follow Tyler’s story at http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/tylergenneken.