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Parents of little Korbyn Martinez still are looking for that perfect donor to give him life-saving bone marrow and a chance at a healthy life.<\/p>\n

So the UCF community is rallying again with OneBlood and the “Be The Match” organization to help the 21-month-old son of engineering alumna Hillary Martinez. \u00a0Korbyn needs a bone marrow transplant to fight an aggressive form of leukemia.<\/p>\n

Today during the regularly scheduled blood drive at the Student Union there will be an opportunity to register to be a bone marrow donor on the national registry. It takes just a few minutes; volunteers take a swab of the inside of your cheek. Your DNA is then matched with those waiting for marrow transplants on the national registry.<\/p>\n

The Martinezes are hoping someone in the Knights\u2019 family might be Korbyn\u2019s perfect match.<\/p>\n

Although the UCF drive is meant to help find Korbyn\u2019s donor, someone could be a match for another person waiting for a life-saving donation.<\/p>\n

The OneBlood drive runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today.<\/p>\n

Ideal bone marrow donors are ages 18 to 44.<\/p>\n

For more information, go to OneBlood.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can read more about Korbyn Martinez’ story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parents of little Korbyn Martinez still are looking for that perfect donor to give him life-saving bone marrow and a chance at a healthy life. 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