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AEPi Reaches 613 Matches for Gift of Life Bone Marrow Donations

Mar 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

When Raphael Eidelman was called to donate to Gift of Life, a bone marrow and blood stem cell registry with headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., he saw it as an opportunity to give back. He was an Alpha Epsilon Pi International Fraternity (AEPi) brother at California State University – Northridge (CSUN).

Are you a match for Murray?

Mar 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

The search for a stem cell donor for Sydney father Murray Foltyn continues. "There hasn’t been a full match found, but we are not stopping until we find one – and we will find one," said Claudia Foltyn (nee Milunsky). It follows an urgent appeal to the global Jewish community for a potential lifesaving stem cell donor for her husband, Murray Foltyn, who has been diagnosed with a rare blood cancer.

VERMONT LYMPHOMA SURVIVOR MEETS STEM CELL DONOR WHO SAVED HIS LIFE AT GIFT OF LIFE MARROW REGISTRY EVENT

Mar 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

Dr. Wayne Misselbeck, a 66-year-old retired physician from Burlington, Vt., who received a lifesaving transplant of peripheral blood stem cells from Cory Beck, a 33-year-old South Carolina software engineer, met his donor for the first time during Gift of Life Marrow Registry’s annual Celebrating Life Boston event.

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‘Exuberant and thankful’: Cancer survivor meets stem cell donor who saved his life

Mar 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

Joyful tears and grateful hearts at a celebration of life in Boston Thursday night. At a Gift of Life marrow registry fundraiser, a New England lymphoma survivor met the selfless stranger from South Carolina, who gave him the most priceless gift.

Boston woman who donated stem cells meets the New Jersey woman whose live she saved

Mar 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

Bostonian Alexandra Levy donated stem cells to save the life of Diane Berson, a resident of New Jersey. The two were introduced for the first time at Gift of Life's Celebrating Live event in New York City.

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Repairing our world, one mitzvah at a time

Mar 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

A little rain didn’t stop Chabad at Rice University from holding Mitzvah Marathon – The Good Deed Drive, on Feb. 25. Back after a three-year hiatus because of the COVID pandemic, Rice students reveled in the chance to make an impact in person once again.