Over 700 guests celebrated Gift of Life's ten years of saving lives at the Fifth Annual Partners for Life Donor-Recipient Gala on May 5 at the Grand Hyatt in New York.
Thanks to landmark partnerships with organizations like Hillel, AEPi, Kedma and Birthright Israel, Gift of Life has added close to 10,000 young, healthy volunteers to its registry of donors.
It was only four months ago that Alan Snyder traveled to NYC to meet his blood stem cell donor, Sharona Rosenberg. They were introduced on the morning of May 20 at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
Three years ago, when Samuel, a student at Rutgers University, attended a Gift of Life donor recruitment drive at his campus' Hillel, he never imagined that such a simple act would result in saving a life.
The Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation has recently partnered with Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity (AEPi) to raise awareness among students on college campuses about the life-saving potential of bone marrow transplants.
August 29 was a perfect day for a ball game, but more importantly, a perfect day for Gift of Life to celebrate its success by introducing two young boys to their heroes, their bone marrow donors.
