Stories

Blood, sweat and bone marrow for future Eagle Scout

Dec 2018 MEDIA COVERAGE

Theodore Mitchell is just like your average teenager. He participates in obstacle training known as parkour, taught himself to play guitar and piano, and he’s organizing a bone marrow drive in an effort to save the lives of others.

SNL's Vanessa Bayer Talks Battling Leukemia And Her Epic End-Of-Chemo Party

Dec 2018 MEDIA COVERAGE

Vanessa Bayer is eternally cheerful ? even when she’s talking about her battle with blood cancer. The "Saturday Night Live" star, who left the show in 2017 after seven seasons of Rachel Green impressions and Jacob the Bar Mitzvah Boy sketches, recently spoke with HuffPost about having leukemia as a teenager and her new partnership with Gift of Life Marrow Registry ? a bone marrow registry dedicated to fighting blood cancer.

Eckerd grad donates bone marrow

Dec 2018 MEDIA COVERAGE

2016 Eckerd graduate Colleen Owen is being praised as a hero for donating her bone marrow and spreading the word about the importance of bone marrow donation. "When ECOS hosted a health and fitness fair in the Hough Quad my senior year, there was a Gift of Life table hosted by the EC Hillel group…I got a quick cheek swab and was on the registry."

'SNL' Alum Vanessa Bayer Opens Up About Battling Leukemia

Dec 2018 MEDIA COVERAGE

Saturday Night Live alum Vanessa Bayer recently sat down with the Huffington Post and opened up about her battle with leukemia, and how she is now helping others affected by the disease.

Vanessa Bayer was diagnosed with leukemia when she was 15—here’s how she turned her survival into success

Dec 2018 MEDIA COVERAGE

Over her seven seasons on "Saturday Night Live," Vanessa Bayer became a favorite for creating characters like Jacob, the smiley bar mitzvah boy, Laura Parsons, the smiley kid reporter, and Dawn Lazarus, the nervous — but still smiley — weekend meteorologist.

Former SNL Star Vanessa Bayer Talks Battling Leukemia, Reality TV Binging and Gift of Life Registry

Dec 2018 MEDIA COVERAGE

Since her departure from Saturday Night Live in 2017, the grinning, bubbly and Emmy-nominated Vanessa Bayer has been missed at Studio 8H, having kept us laughing as Jacob the Bar Mitzvah Boy and chirpy meteorologist Dawn Lazarus, among other unforgettable characters.