Friday morning saw Florida State host its student-athlete and spirit groups Kidz1stFund Bone Marrow Drive. The event took place inside the Albert J. Dunlap Athletic Training Facility and saw a notable amount of Florida State players sign up to donate bone marrow.

This year marked the fifth-straight year that Florida State has hosted the event.

The Kidz1stFund was established as a nonprofit organization in August of 2011 following Ethan Fisher's diagnosis with Fanconi anemia. Fanconi anemia is a very uncommon genetic disease that results from a defect in a cluster of proteins accountable for DNA repair. The incurable blood disease affects one per 350,000 births. A successful bone marrow transplant can at least cure the blood count problems that are common of Fanconi anemia.

Ideally, the best bone marrow donors are those in the family like a brother or sister. Unfortunately, most victims of this disease don't have a family member that can pair with them. This is the beauty of the Kidz1stFund Bone Marrow Drive. Countless student-athletes and spirit group members were able to sign up and join the registry at Friday's event. Each student-athlete and spirit group member that signed up at Friday's event has the opportunity to help save a life with a potential future bone marrow transplant.

Florida State kicker Roberto Aguayo weighed in on the matter at Friday's bone marrow drive.

"The hardest people to find bone marrow for are actually African Americans and they're looking for the ages of 18 to 32, healthy males," Aguayo said.

"We fit that picture so we come out here and whatever we need to do for Coach Fisher as our head coach we support him."

Friday's event isn't the only time of the year that the Kidz1stFund actively searches for potential donors. Regular drives are hosted throughout the year at sites like Florida State University's Langford Green. The support of the entire Florida State community is felt as the Marching Chiefs even donate. The Chiefs require a separate drive since they have well over 400 members that participate annually.

Friday's event was an absolute success for both the Kidz1stFund and the Florida State community as the two banded together to fight Fanconi anemia for children around the world like Ethan Fisher.