We get a lot of requests to mention this charity or that charity and our site would be filled with all kinds of charities. I am not belittling the point of charities as they are all important, but we just don't want to favor one over the other. However, this particular one is an important one I want to draw your attention to - bone marrow donation.

Many people need either partial bone marrow transplants or full bone marrow transplants to survive even just one more day on this planet. A lot of those people are children. It is pretty simple to get involved just sign up at Marrow.org and they will send you a free cheek swab kit. Swab your cheeks and send it back into the lab. Your tissues will be tossed into the national registry and compared against those who really need the marrow.

Donating your marrow is no longer painful or has this stigmata about it. It is an outpatient procedure done under general anesthesia. The small amount of discomfort you feel should alleviate itself when you realize you are helping save someone's life.

Head to the National Marrow Donor Program (here) to learn more about it and find out how you can get involved. We now return you to your regularly scheduled snark already in progress.