The Gift of Life Marrow Registry has opened a new stem cell collection center in Boca Raton. Officials say the new location will make it easier and faster than ever before for donors to save the lives of patients worldwide dealing with blood cancers. The new 22,00 square-foot headquarters becomes the first marrow registry to integrate a state-of-the-art, on -site stem cell collection into its features.

The Business Development Board of Palm Beach County (BDB), in cooperation with the City of Boca Raton, is pleased to announce that Gift of Life Marrow Registry, a company saving lives for those suffering from certain blood cancers by matching marrow and stem cell donors with those in need, has officially moved into its new 17,465 sq. ft. global headquarters for Bone Marrow Registry & Collection Center.

NBC Boston television report on the Gift of Life 5k Run and Walk, including the moment when a heroic stem cell donor met his recipient, a man who had been battling blood cancer.

The Gift of Life Marrow Registry opened up its global headquarters on Tuesday in Boca Raton. The one-of-a-kind registry will offer stem cell collection at the donation center. CEO Jay Feinberg said this will help cut down transplant times for those waiting for a bone marrow donor.

My sister drove me to so many doctor visits and hospital trips that I lost count, so it was a great counterpoint for her to drive me to something super fun and celebratory: The Steps for Life 5K to benefit The Gift of Life, the organization that got me my bone marrow donor.

Courtney Hatton will earn her undergraduate degree in biology May 11 at the University of Maine. She started college 11 years ago. Along the way, she’s encountered obstacles. The last two years at UMaine, the native of Molunkus, Maine has simultaneously worked as many as eight part-time jobs while carrying a full course load. And she’s written her own success story. "You can turn things around, even if awful things happen along the way," Hatton says. "You can get over those speed bumps." She recently bought her cap and gown.