Join us for a free educational tour of the world’s largest private cord blood and cord tissue bank.  Seeing is believing!

Thank you to our friends at Cord Blood Registry (Cbr) for offering a special tour for elementary, middle and high school teachers:

May 8th at 5:00 pm

See how cord blood and cord tissue is collected, processed and preserved at this state of the art laboratory facility located right here in Tucson. Learn about the role of cord blood stem cells in treating over 80 diseases and medical conditions such as leukemia and sickle cell anemia, and  is showing promise in treating cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury and brain injury, hearing, vision, autism and HIV.

Tour space is limited so make your reservations now by contacting

charis.ober@savethecordfoundation.org

Sponsored by TEP and Save the Cord Foundation

Please note:  This invitation will be posted on the TEP web site at www.tep.com

Click HERE to preview and purchase (hardback, softback or ebook).

As an expectant parent, only you have the power to choose what happens to your baby’s umbilical cord blood.  You can either donate it or privately bank it… or throw it away (but that would truly be a waste!). 

Decide which is right for you, your child and your family, and act now so that your child’s cord blood is not simply thrown away!

Rest assured, the procedure is perfectly HARMLESS to both mother and child because the actual collection is done after the birth.

Before your 30th week:

1. Decide if you want to donate or privately bank your child’s cord blood.
2. Visit www.SaveTheCordFoundation.org and find a banking organization based on your decision.  Contact them to register.
3. Make necessary collection and transportation arrangements between you OB physician, hospital and cord blood bank. Don’t worry, they will help guide you.  (If you are donating your child’s cord blood, review the eligibility criteria and return all forms to the appropriate bank.)
4. Obtain a cord blood collection kit from your chosen bank.

Before your due date:

1. Pack your collection kit in the bag you are taking to the hospital.
2. Review the collection and transportation procedures for once the cord blood is collected. 
3. Task someone to call the bank’s courrier once the baby is born to pick up the kit (if courier is necessary).

At the hospital:

Upon arrival make sure your delivery room practitioner is aware of your intention to collect your baby’s cord blood and make the collection kit easily accessible in the delivery room.

In 2011, the FDA approved donated cord blood as a drug for patients with disorders affecting the body’s hematopoietic (blood forming) system.  Cord blood transplants have been used to treat patients with certain blood cancers and some inherited metabolic and immune system disorders for many years, but as investigational or experimental therapy.  Cord blood stem cell therapy offers potentially life-saving treatment options for patients with these types of disorders. This recent approval may cause a paradigm shift in how doctors perceive stem cell therapy in the future!

We are so impressed with the results of the 2012 Young Artists Program!  Just look at it!  It was just our first year running the program and the results are fantastic! 

And now… there’s the BOOK!!! Yes! The book has just been published and is available in hardback, softback and in eBook form! It is even listed in the Apple iBookstore! 

Click HERE to preview the book and order your copy today!

Give it as a gift for expecting parents, grandparents, etc. 

What a great way to CREATE, GIVE, SHARE with someone you care about!!!