So the 麻豆原创 community is rallying again with OneBlood and the “Be The Match” organization to help the 21-month-old son of engineering alumna Hillary Martinez. 聽Korbyn needs a bone marrow transplant to fight an aggressive form of leukemia.

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.

The Martinezes are hoping someone in the Knights鈥� family might be Korbyn鈥檚 perfect match.

Although the 麻豆原创 drive is meant to help find Korbyn鈥檚 donor, someone could be a match for another person waiting for a life-saving donation.

The OneBlood drive runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today.

Ideal bone marrow donors are ages 18 to 44.

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You can read more about Korbyn Martinez’ story here.

The 麻豆原创 community also has responded to help search for a bone marrow donor for 20-month-old Korbyn Martinez, the son of a 麻豆原创 engineering graduate. Korbyn suffers from leukemia and needs a bone marrow transplant to survive.

Both efforts, in partnership with OneBlood, will continue on campus. Blood drives are scheduled 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 5, at the Student Union and the Veterans Commemorative Site on Memory Mall, with a Big Red Bus at each location. A bus will be stationed in front of the Student Union from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 6.

On Wednesday, members of the 麻豆原创 community also will be able to sign up to find out if they can help save a life on the 鈥淏e the Match鈥� bone marrow transplant registry. Anyone age 18 to 44 can take a few minutes filling out a consent form and getting a cheek swab to see if their bone marrow could be the match that could help Korbyn or someone else in need.

The 424 units collected since the Pulse tragedy came from several small drives and a large community blood drive with 12 Big Red Buses on Monday, June 27, at Bright House Networks Stadium.

Two student volunteers, Kyra Clark and Justin Mendiguren, volunteered from start to finish at every blood drive in the response efforts.聽Together, they have invested more than 80 hours of service. Additional volunteers are needed to help with on-campus blood drives.

For more information and a calendar of upcoming drives, visit or contact BloodDrives@ucf.edu or 407-823-3094.