Give a spit about cancer

Did you know that helping in the fight against blood cancer is as easy as letting someone stick it in your mouth?

. . . That came out wrong. Let’s try that one again.

Bone marrow registry is a crucial tool in the fight against blood cancer, because it helps to identify donors quickly and does wonders to help save lives. And all you have to do to be put on a bone marrow registry, without actually having to donate marrow, is to give a sample of your saliva. So to help out, here are Parks and Recreation’s Chris Pratt (*sploosh*) and Aziz Ansari (not quite as *sploosh* but still, he’s funny) to tell you how to help in the fight.

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