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Jan 28, 2025

More than 1,000 participate in Steps for Life 5k of South Florida

Tampa area woman meets the blood stem cell donor who saved her life
Jan 21, 2025

Kansas State grad donates stem cells to man diagnosed with leukemia

Donor signed up at a Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority drive 12 years ago
Jan 13, 2025

Stem cell donor hopes his experience inspires others to join the registry

His stem cells will help a man recover from leukemia
Dec 27, 2024

Spectacular One Huge Night Miami Gala draws local luminaries to benefit Gift of Life

9-year-old survivor of rare blood cancer meets woman who saved her life
Dec 26, 2024

Nashville chef meets his lifesaving stem cell donor during Predators hockey match

Donor was called as a match only three months after joining registry at Ohio State University
Dec 16, 2024

Zeta Tau Alpha women’s fraternity member saves a life after joining registry during IU Swab Week

Over 1,400 people signed up during the event with 56 matches and three transplants to date

ORDER YOUR FREE SWAB KIT TODAY

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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Live Like Bella 5K Run
8:00 AM-11:00 AM
Live Like Bella 5K Run
Miami, FL
8
Feb
NOVA Community Fest
12:00 PM- 4:00 PM
NOVA Community Fest
3300 South University Drive
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33324
8
Feb
Sweet Caroline - University of South Carolina
6:00 AM- 8:00 PM
Sweet Caroline - University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
8
Feb
AXP Presentation Pace University
6:00 PM-10:00 PM
AXP Presentation Pace University
Pleasantville, NY
9
Feb
AXP RPI Presentation
4:00 AM- 2:00 AM
AXP RPI Presentation
Troy, NY
9
Feb
FIU Temple Judea X GOL
9:00 AM-12:00 PM
FIU Temple Judea X GOL
5500 Granada Boulevard
Coral Gables, FL 33146
9
Feb
Senior Swab @ Machon Ora in Brookhaven Mall
12:30 PM- 2:30 PM
Senior Swab @ Machon Ora in Brookhaven Mall
Passaic, NJ
9
Feb
Senior Swab @ The Cheder
2:00 PM- 3:00 PM
Senior Swab @ The Cheder
Brooklyn, NY
9
Feb
Senior Swab @ Torah Vadaas
12:45 PM- 1:30 PM
Senior Swab @ Torah Vadaas
Brooklyn, NY
9
Feb
AEPi Chapman University Tabling
10:00 AM- 4:00 PM
AEPi Chapman University Tabling
Orange, CA
10
Feb
503,345
Registered Donors
35,787
Donor Matches
5,596
Transplants Facilitated
209,574
Patient Searches
33,542
Donor Drives
47
Countries Served

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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Feb 07, 2025

New match in Indiana University - Bloomington CAP Program

A 64 year old woman battling Myelodysplastic Disorder has found a match.
MATCHES
345
TRANSPLANTS
25
Feb 07, 2025

New match in Murray Foltyn

A 38 year old woman battling Leukemia has found a match.
MATCHES
31
TRANSPLANTS
1
Feb 07, 2025

New match in Campus Ambassador Program

A 55 year old woman battling Acute Myelogenous Leukemia has found a match.
MATCHES
7848
TRANSPLANTS
836
Feb 07, 2025

New match in Campus Ambassador Program

A 78 year old woman battling Myelodysplastic Disorder has found a match.
MATCHES
7848
TRANSPLANTS
836
Feb 07, 2025

New match in Celeste Brayshaw's Donor Circle

A 68 year old man battling Acute Myelogenous Leukemia has found a match.
MATCHES
1
TRANSPLANTS
0
Feb 07, 2025

New match in Kedma

A 63 year old woman battling Myelodysplastic Disorder has found a match.
MATCHES
1004
TRANSPLANTS
145
Feb 07, 2025

New match in Campus Ambassador Program

A 44 year old woman battling Acute Myelogenous Leukemia has found a match.
MATCHES
7848
TRANSPLANTS
836
Feb 07, 2025

New match in Campus Ambassador Program

A 59 year old woman battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) has found a match.
MATCHES
7848
TRANSPLANTS
836
Feb 07, 2025

New match in Project Life Movement

A 59 year old woman battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) has found a match.
MATCHES
1534
TRANSPLANTS
154
Feb 07, 2025

New match in University of Florida CAP Program

A 58 year old woman battling Severe Aplastic Anemia has found a match.
MATCHES
517
TRANSPLANTS
87

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