Marrow Drive Check-List

Four Weeks Before the Event

Contact American Red Cross or NMDP in your area and find out the name of the Bone Marrow Coordinator. You can also get this information by calling 1-800-MARROW2 and request the name and location of the nearest site.
Inform the coordinator about your drive and setup a date for the Drive. From our past experiences we have found the coordinators to be very helpful in setting up the drive.
Reserve a location for the drive. You can use college campus, High schools, or any of the community centers in your area. Just make sure the location is not too hard to reach. Most places will not charge you a fee if you explain the nature of the event. The marrow coordinator could be a big help in finding and reserving a location, since they have been involved in many such events.
Make flyers, (English + Farsi) with the Drive information and a map of the location.

Photo Copy all the flyers and give it to all the helping parties for distribution.
Contact Persian Radio and TV stations and prepare for running ads.

Flyier Distribution
- Persian grocery stores
- Persian restaurants
- Persian businesses
  - Bookstore
Contact the local Iranian newspaper or TV /Radio station (if any), and explain the situation. Try to advertise the Drive prior the event. From our past experiences we have had an excellent turn out due to the TV ad campaign.

Contact Marrow Coordinator via phone and make sure everything is O.K.
Double check on your room reservation, and make sure the room setup is going to be the way you wanted to be. The marrow coordinator can tell you what kind of room setup is best suited for this event. And finally make sure you have the following items ready on the event day.
TV and VCR for showing the introduction tape.
Call the Iranian TV/Radio station and make sure they are going to air the Ad several days before the event.
Create a sign up list of who is going to be there at what time. Time slots of 3 hours each.

Make sure that you have the following items before leaving your house: Seats + Tables + partitions (if necessary) Extension Cord Pen/Pencil + paper + Masking Tape + Thumb nails (ponezz) Poster Paper + Markers Tea/Coffee setup equipment (Hot water + tea bag will do) Tea + Coffee + Cookies + napkins + cups + sugar Napking + tissues + paper towel
Arrive at the location One hour prior to the start time. Make sure the room setup is the way you wanted to be, and the required equipment's are present.
Hook up the TV and the VCR and sure that the setup works properly. (play a sample tape) Put up all the signs + flyers.