Bone marrow donor registration drive draws scores

Potential lifesavers register with Be The Match Hawaii on Saturday. The bone marrow registration drive held Saturday in Kailua-Kona seeks to find a match for 18-year-old Kamehameha Schools Hawaii graduate Jaden Ah Mow, who was diagnosed in January with aplastic anemia, a rare blood disease that occurs when the body stops producing enough new blood cells. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)

Volunteers worked quickly to register and collect swabs during Saturday's Be The Match Hawaii bone marrow registration drive in Kailua-Kona to find a match for 18-year-old Kamehameha Schools Hawaii graduate Jaden Ah Mow, who was diagnosed in January with aplastic anemia, a rare blood disease that occurs when the body stops producing enough new blood cells. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)

Volunteers worked quickly to register and collect swabs during Saturday's Be The Match Hawaii bone marrow drive in Kailua-Kona to find a match for 18-year-old Kamehameha Schools Hawaii graduate Jaden Ah Mow, who was diagnosed in January with aplastic anemia, a rare blood disease that occurs when the body stops producing enough new blood cells. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)

As if they weren't lifesavers already, Hawaii Fire Department personnel register Saturday with Be The Match Hawaii to see if they might be the match for 18-year-old Kamehameha Schools Hawaii graduate Jaden Ah Mow, who needs a bone marrow transplant after being diagnosed in January with aplastic anemia. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)

Kamaile Gross swabs her cheek Saturday during a drive-through bone marrow registration drive in Kailua-Kona to find a match for 18-year-old Kamehameha Schools Hawaii graduate Jaden Ah Mow, who was diagnosed in January with aplastic anemia, a rare blood disease that occurs when the body stops producing enough new blood cells. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)

Volunteers wave signs to garner potential bone marrow donors Saturday during a drive-through bone marrow registration drive in Kailua-Kona to find a match for 18-year-old Kamehameha Schools Hawaii graduate Jaden Ah Mow. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)

Volunteers carry signs along Henry Street to garner potential bone marrow donors Saturday during a drive-through bone marrow registration drive in Kailua-Kona to find a match for 18-year-old Kamehameha Schools Hawaii graduate Jaden Ah Mow. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)

Daniel Perry swabs his cheek Saturday during a drive-through bone marrow registration drive in Kailua-Kona to find a match for 18-year-old Kamehameha Schools Hawaii graduate Jaden Ah Mow, who was diagnosed in January with aplastic anemia, a rare blood disease that occurs when the body stops producing enough new blood cells. Inset top: Volunteers wave signs to garner potential bone marrow donors. Inset bottom: Potential lifesavers register with Be The Match Hawaii on Saturday. Bottom right: Kamaile Gross swabs her cheek to see if she’s a match. (Photos by Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)