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Esports at UCF Plays to Battle Blood Cancer

Sep 2020 MEDIA COVERAGE

A pandemic can stop the world, but it cannot stop cancer. The Esports Club at UCF partnered with the Gift of Life to raise funds for their Bone Marrow Registry last weekend. "Our big reason for choosing to participate was just wanting to help promote this amazing cause and spread awareness of how easy it is to join a bone marrow registry," said Jacob Powers, treasurer for Esports at UCF.

Local girl needs emergency bone marrow transplant

Sep 2020 MEDIA COVERAGE

Delray Beach family searches for donor while their daughter fights cancer.

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Bone Marrow Donor Drive Saves a Life in an Unexpected Way

Sep 2020 MEDIA COVERAGE

Rabbi Yigal Rosenberg—a well-loved community rabbi in California and co-director of Chabad of Santa Clara with his wife, Elana—isn’t new to saving lives. From domestic violence to drug addiction, the rabbi doesn’t shy away from involvement in lifesaving activities, but instead finds himself propelled towards them. But seldom does one get the opportunity to directly save a life in a very physical way.

Diagnosis: Cancer. Treatment: Transplant. How Local Survivors Found Their Matches

Sep 2020 MEDIA COVERAGE

Sabine (name changed), a Hazel Dell mother, Göran, a Vancouver father and grandfather, and Olivia, a 3-year-old from Ridgefield who loves rainbows, all share at least three things in common: they’ve all been diagnosed with cancer, and they were all eventually told a transplant would be the best treatment. Through a blend of technology, medicine, networking and generosity, each found a second chance at life—from perfect strangers.

Over 360 College Student Interns Join Gift Of Life Marrow Registry’s Fall 2020 Campus Ambassador Program - 8 Knights are Part of This Program

Aug 2020 MEDIA COVERAGE

College students are not letting the pandemic ruin their academic year or stop them from serving their communities. For the Fall 2020 semester, Gift of Life Marrow Registry has accepted more than 360 interns from 131 colleges and universities into its Campus Ambassador Program.

How One Small Brave Act Saved Thousands of Lives

Aug 2020 MEDIA COVERAGE

Becky overcame her fear and was the last of 60,000 people tested, at the very last blood drive. She was a perfect match. Jay Feinberg is one of the most soft-spoken and humble people I know. Even at an event for Gift of Life, the organization he founded and serves as CEO of, he likes to blend in.