Andy Talley Bone Marrow Foundation
With access to ninety young, healthy football players, Coach Talley began his mission to educate and promote awareness about the importance of marrow donor registration by holding his first on-campus testing in the Jake Nevin field house at Villanova University. Coach Talley and his team registered over 200 student-athletes and coaching staff from the Villanova University community that fall.
Coach continued to organize registration drives over the ensuing years on the Villanova campus, tirelessly raising funds from independent donors to cover the cost of tissue-typing kits (which now consist solely of a cheek swab). Then, on one spring day in 2008, Coach Talley received a phone call from Be The Match®. Be The Match® wanted to partner with Coach Talley to expand his on-campus drive efforts. Together they formed the “Get in the Game. Save a Life” (GITG) initiative.
Over the past twelve years, Coach Talley has enlisted over 169 other college football programs to participate in GITG. Each program hosts their own on-campus donor drives each spring.
For more information visit https://talleybonemarrow.org/
