Stories

10 UMASS AMHERST UNDERGRADUATES TO BE HONORED AS 21ST CENTURY LEADERS AT COMMENCEMENT 2023

May 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

The University of Massachusetts Amherst will honor the exemplary achievements, initiative and leadership of some of its most talented and accomplished undergraduates and graduate students during Commencement 2023 on Friday, May 26 at McGuirk Alumni Stadium.

Gift of Life Marrow Registry - "Gift of Life"

May 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

Examples of the Gift of Life advertisements developed by DDB New York as part of the ACT Responsible Collection.

Jamaican-American Bone Marrow Donor Needed

May 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

Izaack Powell is 21 years old and is battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. He desperately needs to find a matching blood stem cell/bone marrow donor, and his best chance of a match is among the Jamaican-American community.

Woman Finally Meets Stem Cell Donor Who Saved Her Life

May 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

Two strangers, who are now deeply connected through a lifesaving blood stem cell transplant, met for the first time at Gift of Life Marrow Registry’s "One Huge Night Los Angeles Gala," held at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills on May 4, 2023. The pair was introduced onstage by comedian and actor Elon Gold.

IsraAid’s Polizer receives Bronfman Prize, donates half the award to his organization

May 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

...The evening was introduced, with much applause, by Jay Feinberg, the founder and executive director of the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation, and the inaugural recipient of the Charles Bronfman Prize in 2004.

AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE AND GIFT OF LIFE BONE MARROW REGISTRY HELD AT STUDENT UNION

May 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

The American Red Cross Blood Drive and (for the first time at UIS) the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Registry were held at the Student Union between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18.