Stories

Mets Hosted Gift Of Life Reunion Last Night At Citi Field

May 2017 MEDIA COVERAGE

Before last night’s Met game against the Padres, the club – along with The Gift of Life – hosted a reunion of sorts in one of the suites at Citi Field. Stem cell transplant recipient Wendy Wax, met for the first time her donor Ruchail Prupis for the first time in the suites thanks to the Gift of Life. Wax, who resides in New Jersey, suffered from leukemia, but thanks to a transplant facilitated by Gift of Life Marrow Registry, she has rebuilt her life.

Leukemia Survivor Meets Stem Cell Donor Who Gave Her The Gift Of Life

May 2017 MEDIA COVERAGE

It was an emotional moment when, after three years Wendy Wax met her stem cell donor in a suite at Citi Field. "We share things that nobody else could ever share. I'm like her little carbon copy walking around," she told 1010 WINS' Samantha Liebman.

Chattanooga Student Surprised to be a Gift of Life Donor

May 2017 MEDIA COVERAGE

Most of us like to give gifts to others. Sometimes they’re small or sentimental—-but they can be once in a lifetime events. At the top of the list is the "gift of life", and a UTC student had the chance to do that. Page McCoy had developed leukemia—-some didn’t give her much hope.

NCAA-bound UIC softball pitcher driven to expand bone-marrow donor pool

May 2017 MEDIA COVERAGE

On the morning of a game at Youngstown State earlier this season, Illinois-Chicago softball pitcher Karissa Frazier arrived armed for a successful road trip. Frazier packed enough kits to perform cheek swabs on Youngstown State players who had agreed to add their samples to a worldwide bone-marrow registry.

Bone marrow basketball tournament comes to ECU Saturday

May 2017 MEDIA COVERAGE

East Carolina junior Cam Walker will hold a basketball tournament on ECU’s campus Saturday in order to work towards gaining numbers for the national registry list of bone marrow donors for patients in need of transplants.

MANNY VALDÉS, UN LATINO QUE NECESITA TRANSPLANTE DE MEDULA ÓSEA

May 2017 MEDIA COVERAGE

¿Sabía usted que el 55 por ciento de los pacientes hispanos de cáncer y el 75 por ciento de los pacientes multirraciales nunca son emparejados con los donantes que pueden salvar sus vidas? El sur de la Florida tiene más de 2,5 millones de hispanos y el Regalo de la Vida Marrow Registry está instando a la comunidad para ayudar a salvar vidas, incluyendo local de la Florida residente, Manny Valdés.

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