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Transplants Facilitated
217,040
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Featured Stories

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Apr 15, 2025

Alpha Phi Omega member's stem cell donation brings lifesaving hope to leukemia patient

Donor has also organized drives to recruit additional volunteers to the registry
Apr 10, 2025

Clemson University biomedical engineering major donates stem cells to save blood cancer patient

She then became a Gift of Life Campus Ambassador to help recruit more donors
Apr 03, 2025

Why male donors are picked more often by doctors and transplant centers

More than two-thirds of donations around the world are made by men
Apr 01, 2025

Michigan man overcame initial hesitation to donate stem cells and save woman’s life

Donor joined registry while a student at Grand Valley State University
Mar 26, 2025

The hug says it all! Cancer survivor meets her stem cell donor during Nashville Predators game

Donor happily gave lifesaving stem cells only weeks after learning she was a match
Mar 19, 2025

Insights from the Miami Cancer Institute Global Summit on Immunotherapies

Exploring breakthroughs in immunotherapies and stem cell advancements
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Upcoming Events

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A simple cheek swab can save a life

It takes less than 5 minutes to have your Swab Kit completed and mailed back to our lab. This will allow us to include you in the Gift of Life Marrow Registry in order to match you to a patient in need now or in the future. You have the power to save a life!

Upcoming Donor Recruitment Events

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ATO at Arkansas Tech
10:00 AM- 2:00 PM
ATO at Arkansas Tech
Russellville, AR
22
Apr
Dickinson College Greek Week- Pi Beta Phi and AEPi Tabling
5:30 PM- 8:00 PM
Dickinson College Greek Week- Pi Beta Phi and AEPi Tabling
Carlisle, PA
22
Apr
UMD Health-Link Society Tabling
12:00 PM- 4:00 PM
UMD Health-Link Society Tabling
College Park, MD
22
Apr
University of Washington HUB
8:00 AM- 8:00 PM
University of Washington HUB
Seattle, WA
22
Apr
UofSC PLMSA
10:00 AM- 5:00 PM
UofSC PLMSA
Columbia, SC
22
Apr
UW-Madison All-Campus Day
12:00 PM- 5:00 PM
UW-Madison All-Campus Day
500 Lincoln Drive
Madison, WI 53706
22
Apr
Wichita State Pre-Med Association
12:00 PM- 2:00 PM
Wichita State Pre-Med Association
Wichita, KS
22
Apr
Boston Red Sox Donor/Recepient meeting
5:30 PM- 8:30 PM
Boston Red Sox Donor/Recepient meeting
Boston, MA
23
Apr
KU ZBT
10:30 AM-12:30 PM
KU ZBT
Lawrence, KS
23
Apr
Northwestern NLVS Tabling Event
11:00 AM- 2:00 PM
Northwestern NLVS Tabling Event
Evanston, IL
23
Apr

Donor Circles

Donor Circles are personalized communities of donors and supporters that allow you to create fundraising campaigns, organize bone marrow donor drives, and participate in team events all while tracking your community’s direct impact on saving lives.

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Apr 22, 2025

New match in Creighton University CAP Program

A 62 year old woman battling Acute Myelogenous Leukemia has found a match.
MATCHES
36
TRANSPLANTS
2
Apr 22, 2025

New match in Campus Ambassador Program

A 21 year old man battling Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma has found a match.
MATCHES
8432
TRANSPLANTS
889
Apr 22, 2025

New match in Prince Family Donor Circle

A 57 year old man battling Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma has found a match.
MATCHES
4268
TRANSPLANTS
611
Apr 22, 2025

New match in Birthright Israel

A 71 year old man battling Acute Myelogenous Leukemia has found a match.
MATCHES
4988
TRANSPLANTS
553
Apr 22, 2025

New match in Emily Hernandez's Donor Circle

A 49 year old woman battling Acute Myelogenous Leukemia has found a match.
MATCHES
9
TRANSPLANTS
1
Apr 22, 2025

New match in Jocelyn's Donor Circle

A 66 year old man battling Myelodysplastic Disorder has found a match.
MATCHES
494
TRANSPLANTS
47
Apr 22, 2025

New match in Clemson University CAP Program

A 52 year old woman battling Plasma Cell Disorder has found a match.
MATCHES
52
TRANSPLANTS
6
Apr 22, 2025

New match in Campus Ambassador Program

A 6 month old girl battling Histiocytic Disorders has found a match.
MATCHES
8432
TRANSPLANTS
889
Apr 22, 2025

New match in Birthright Israel

A 30 year old man battling Leukemia has found a match.
MATCHES
4988
TRANSPLANTS
553
Apr 21, 2025

New match in Binghamton University CAP Program

A 78 year old woman battling Acute Myelogenous Leukemia has found a match.
MATCHES
270
TRANSPLANTS
30

Testimonials

Getting a match puts a whole new perspective on what you’re doing. Most people spend time volunteering to help others, but when you see a direct impact of your work, like a match being found for someone who doesn’t have any other chance at survival, it shows you just how much you are helping people. It shows why this is important, and why you must continue.

Hannah Steinberg
Gift of Life Campus Ambassador, University of South Carolina

Raising needed funds to support Gift of Life, and coordinating swabbing drives to find potential donors, has become my passion. By recruiting other volunteers, I have had the opportunity to encourage hundreds of caring people to engage the best parts of themselves in helping Gift of Life fulfill its life-saving mission.

Gail Oliver
Gift of Life Volunteer since 1991

This is a good deed that anyone would do – anyone of good heart would donate bone marrow. I feel grateful for the opportunity and pray and hope my recipient has the best possible outcome.

Aleksei K.
Bone Marrow Donor

Donating showed me that I can do more than I thought I was capable of. It’s an incredible feeling to think I’ve never met my recipient, but that we share so much in common.

Rebekah H.
Stem Cell Donor

As part of an ethnic minority [with Jewish ancestry] my sample helps make the registry more representative, increasing equitability in our health care system.

Matthew E.
Stem Cell Donor

Receiving the notification that we got a match was an extremely validating experience. It showed me that the effort we are putting in is really making an impact. I am excited to keep on swabbing and keep on finding matches!

Noah Streitfeld
Gift of Life Campus Ambassador, University of Central Florida

I think if more people knew that recipients relied on close genetic matches to receive a transplant, more people would join the registry.

Adin D.
Stem Cell Donor

How could I say no? I never had a second thought. I know someone at the other end is fighting to survive cancer and needs my help.

Keaton P.
Stem Cell Donor

I want to thank CBRE because it’s very gratifying when you work with a company of 78,000 employees that they would drill down deep enough to care about one particular employee’s cause. But that isn’t why they did it, they really bought into how important this cause is.

Stephen B. Siegel
Chairman of Global Brokerage, CBRE

People think about it too much! Go swab, see what happens, maybe you’ll find out you’re a match. Go with the flow and don’t worry. Twenty minutes to donate bone marrow and you’re done – you’ve saved a life!

Carl S.
Bone Marrow Donor

It is rare for people of African ancestry to find a match, and especially hard for people of mixed race. Donating is a wonderful opportunity, this is more of a privilege than anything else. You just feel very good in about yourself that you are doing something to help somebody, so I encourage everyone to get on the registry.

Ifunanya N.
Stem Cell Donor

The Mets are proud to be a longstanding corporate partner of 15 years with Gift of Life. When the donors and recipients meet [on the ball field] the space is immediately filled with gratitude, compassion and inspiration. We appreciate the work Gift of Life does every day and we look forward to creating many more memories together.

Juliana Sabra
Manager of Community Engagement and External Affairs, New York Mets