Tufts, Dana Farber Host Bone Marrow Donor Drive for Monbouquette
Local Baseball Legend is Battling Leukemia
Tufts University and Dana Farber will host a bone marrow donor registration drive on June 7 in honor of local baseball legend Bill Monbouquette, who is battling leukemia. Monbouquette is pictured above with Medford High School Head Baseball Coach Nick Tucci (center), Assistant Baseball Coach Mike Nestor (left), and captain Ben Waldrip (right), at a banquet in April at Bocelli’s to kick off the season. Photo courtesy Ann Marie Cugno.
Tufts University will host a donor registration drive for the Dana-Farber Marrow Donor Program on June 7 in honor of local baseball legend Bill Monbouqette.
The registration drive, organized by Monbouquette’s former Red Sox teammate Jerry Moses, will take place from 10AM to 6PM at Cousens Gym at Tufts, 161 College Avenue, Medford.
A quick cotton swab to the inside of the mouth is all that is needed to determine if a potential donor is a match for Monbouquette or any of the other 6,000 people in need of this life-saving procedure.
Interested donors must be between 18 and 60 years of age and in good health.
For more information, visit the Dana-Farber Marrow Donor Program website or contact them at 866-875-3324.
Medford native and former Major League Baseball player Bill Monbouquette enjoyed a successful ten years in the game, playing alongside greats such as Ted Williams and Micky Mantle and once pitching a no-hitter for the Red Sox.
The four-time American League All-Star spent eleven seasons in the Majors, playing for Red Sox, Yankees, and Detroit Tigers, and won twenty games while with the Sox.
– InsideMedford.com
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Watch video of Monbouquette speaking at the April Baseball banquet, courtesy MHS-TV 15
is there any chance of sending this to red sox nation? get jerry remy to mention it during the games and on the internet with the redsox nation website?
I konw a young single mom with 2 children she needs a bone marrow transplant and medicaid doesnt cover a drive is there any way to possibly help her also?One of her inspirations is Jon Lester.Please try to save this young mom also.so her two boys wont lose their mom.Take care and GOD BLESS karen shutt NH(wife of local 7 ironworker)GO SOX
Anybody else show up for this and find nothing there? Last time I listen to Remy…
I see what happened, this article says it’s open til 6pm, but it was only open to 3pm. (I think Remy had it right, so he’s off the hook…)