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UB student campaigns for Gift of Life registry

Feb 2025 MEDIA COVERAGE

UB junior Alissa Bowers pares it down to its essence: Would you spend five minutes to actually save a life? she asks. Bowers is a pre-medical student hoping to become a physician — to help people — and it makes basic, lucid sense to express her current passion that way.

Degy Entertainment Launches New Non-Profit Initiative: Degy Impact

Jan 2025 MEDIA COVERAGE

Degy Entertainment proudly unveils Degy IMPACT, a non–profit organization dedicated to creating lasting societal change by leveraging the power of entertainment.

Bone marrow recipient, cancer survivor meets donor who gave her the gift of life

Jan 2025 MEDIA COVERAGE

Hundreds of runners and walkers took to the streets of Boca Raton Sunday morning to take part in the Gift of Life Marrow Registry’s Annual Steps for Life Race that began and ended in the shadows of FAU stadium.

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Bone marrow recipient, cancer survivor meets donor who gave her the gift of life

Jan 2025 MEDIA COVERAGE

Emotional meeting takes place before Gift of Life Marrow Registry’s Steps for Life 5K Run and Walk.

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'GO GET TESTED' Stem cell recipient meets donor

Jan 2025 MEDIA COVERAGE

Before the race was an emotional moment when Kim Brigham of Florida’s West Coast, a woman who survived cancer, got to meet her stem cell donor Olivia Carnes, who flew in from Colorado to celebrate.

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'PLEASE GO GET TESTED' Stem cell recipient, cancer survivor meets donor who gave her the gift of life

Jan 2025 MEDIA COVERAGE

Hundreds of runners and walkers took to the streets of Boca Raton Sunday morning to take part in the Gift of Life Marrow Registry’s Annual Steps for Life Race. Before the race was an emotional moment when Kim Brigham of Florida’s West Coast, a woman who survived cancer, got to meet her stem cell donor Olivia Carnes, who flew in from Colorado to celebrate.

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