HYATT REGENCY TO HOST BONE MARROW DONOR DRIVE TOGETHER WITH DELETE BLOOD CANCER DKMS

  Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa seeks to help find a bone marrow donor match for
Hyatt associate’s family member and 14,000 others
 
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (July 7, 2015) –Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa launches its bone marrow donor drive on July 23, 2015. Through Delete Blood Cancer DKMS, Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach and more than 70 other Hyatt-branded hotels across North America will raise awareness about blood cancer and work to expand the bone marrow donor registry that helps save the lives of cancer patients; including 8-year-old Emma Devitt.
 
Emma, the daughter of Paul Devitt, former general manager of Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa and longtime member of the Hyatt family, is battling a rare form of leukemia. After three years of treatment and a brief remission, Emma’s cancer returned. Emma is among the more than 14,000 Americans in need of a bone marrow match and transplant to survive.
 
Every day thousands of patients search for a match, but only 4 out of 10 patients are lucky enough to receive a transplant. With less than two percent of the population in the United States on the bone marrow registry, now is the time to consider being a donor.
 
Registering is easy and takes about four minutes, involving just one sheet of paperwork and the swab of a cheek. The Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa’s bone marrow donor drive is open to hotel associates, guests and the Huntington Beach community at large.  For those who would like to become a donor, please come to the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa’s Conference Center between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, 2015. 
 
Registration is open to anyone who is:

• In generally good health and between the ages of 18-55;
• A U.S. resident;
• Willing to donate bone marrow to any patient in need (about 80 percent of the time the donation process is comparable to the process of donating blood);
• Not already on the registry; and
• Not active or reserve military.

 
To help defray lab costs, Delete Blood Cancer also accepts monetary donations.
 
About the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa
The Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa features 517 tastefully appointed guestrooms, including 57 suites, offering guests sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean. Resort amenities include the 20,000-square-foot Pacific Waters Spa, Slyders water playground, a tranquil lagoon-style swimming pool, Shubee’s and Mankota’s Poolside Bar and Cafés, and “The Village,” an eclectic shopping experience with everything from pizza to surf memorabilia and fine art. The resort is also home to the largest collection of function space along the Orange County coastline with over 100,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor space. For further information call 714.698.1234 or visit http://huntingtonbeach.hyatt.com.
 
About Hyatt Regency
The Hyatt Regency brand is an energizing hotel brand that connects travelers to whom and what matters most to them. More than 140 conveniently located Hyatt Regency urban and resort locations in over 30 countries around the world serve as the go-to gathering space for every occasion – from efficient business meetings to memorable family vacations. The brand offers a one-stop experience that puts everything guests need right at their fingertips. Hyatt Regency hotels and resorts offer a full range of services and amenities, including notable culinary experiences; technology-enabled ways to collaborate; the space to work, engage or relax; and expert planners who take care of every detail. For more information, visit hyattregency.com or facebook.com/HyattRegency.
 
About Delete Blood Cancer
Delete Blood Cancer DKMS is part of the world’s largest network of donor centers. Our mission is to build the number of suitable bone marrow and stem cell donors, because we believe that no life should be lost due to an inability to find a donor match. We have registered more than 5 million potential donors and facilitated more than 49,000 transplants around the world. But we’re not stopping there. We lead the fight against blood cancer by working with families, communities and organizations to recruit donors and provide more patients with second chances at life. For more information or to register as a bone marrow donor, please visit DeleteBloodCancer.org.