Mia Stoutenborough Residents can sign up for the national bone marrow registry from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sat., Feb. 11 at Newbury Park High School, 456 N. Reino Road.

The registry drive is for local teen Mia Stoutenborough, who was diagnosed in 2009 with severe aplastic anemia, a rare type of bone marrow failure. The disease prevents bone marrow from producing enough red and white blood cells and platelets.

Mia completed her second round of immune-suppressive therapy with a partial response. A bone marrow transplant is the only real cure.

At the drive, donors complete a consent form, are given a quick medical evaluation and then take a swab of the inside their mouth for a sample of their tissue type.

The information will be entered into the Be the Match Registry, and donors will be contacted only if they match a patient in need of a transplant.

For more information, call Racquel at (626) 251-6258 or go to http://join.BeTheMatch.org/Match4Mia.