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Organizations partner to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and bone marrow donor diversity

Oct 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc. partnered with American University’s Gift of Life organization to celebrate diversity and Hispanic Heritage Month with bracelet making and swabbing for potential bone marrow transplants on campus Sept. 21.

Twenty years in, this Jewish prize has turbocharged the work of a few remarkable humanitarians

Oct 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

The annual prize is awarded to a Jewish humanitarian under age 50 whose work has significantly benefitted humankind. At the Charles Bronfman Prize's 20th anniversary celebration at the Jewish Museum in New York, numerous prize recipients talked about the positive ripple effect that receiving the prize has had on their work.

Perfect Match: Gift of Life and Birthright Israel Celebrate 20 Years of Life-Saving Partnership

Oct 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

Twenty years ago, Gift of Life and Birthright Israel formed a partnership, encouraging young Jewish adults traveling to Israel to become blood stem cell and marrow donors. This collaboration helped to match donors with patients in desperate need of life-saving transplants.

Bone marrow drive in Branford hopes to find donor for 8-year-old battling Leukemia

Oct 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

Gift of Life and the Branford community held a bone marrow drive Saturday morning for a young boy battling leukemia for the second time.

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Stem cell transplant saves the life of a UChicago Medicine leukemia patient — and his donor, too

Sep 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

Shortly after Marquis Williams received a stem cell transplant for his tough-to-treat leukemia, he thanked his donor for saving his life. And, in an unusual twist, she later thanked him for saving her life.

THE CHARLES BRONFMAN PRIZE CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN IMPACT

Sep 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

The Charles Bronfman Prize celebrated its 20th Anniversary this week honoring Prize Laureates of the last two decades, who work across a diverse set of areas—the arts, human rights, education, poverty, and the environment—aiding millions, driving impactful policy change, and creating new avenues and paradigms for humanitarian relief, as they respond to the most pressing issues of our time.