100th CS spouse donates bone marrow, blood stem cells

From left, Cindy Solomonda, a registered nurse, tapes tubing from a needle to Tammy Bender’s arm Feb. 19, 2013, during a donation procedure at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Bender, a 100th Communications Squadron spouse, donated bone marrow and blood stem cells thanks to a visit to the The Exchange at RAF Mildenhall in May 2012. After visiting a booth where medical staff were looking for matching donors for a patient at RAF Lakenheath, she received a cheek swab and ended up on the C.W. Bill Young Department of Defense Marrow Donor Program registry. This later resulted in her being a 100 percent match for another patient in the United States. (Courtesy photo by Amanda Stahl)

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