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UConn Alumna Grace Rowbotham donates Mononuclear cells for medical research

Apr 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

The University of Connecticut alumna Grace Rowbotham donated her mononuclear cells for medical research twice in the last year through the Gift of Life registry. The Gift of Life registry is a public bone marrow and blood stem cell registry. The Gift of Life’s mission is to cure blood cancer through cellular therapy.

Gift of Life Marrow Registry Campus Ambassador Program Internship

Apr 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

The Gift of Life Campus Ambassador Program (CAP) Internship enlists students like you for an opportunity to educate your community and peers about how you can make a positive impact on society with a very small act. By reaching out to your friends, professors, classmates and clubs you’re involved in, you have the potential to speak with many more students than anyone sitting in our offices would.

The Gift of Life Club at IU to host second Swab Week April 10-14

Apr 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

The Gift of Life Club at IU will be hosting their second Swab Week, their first Swab Week as an official IU club, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. from April 10-14. There will be tables throughout campus to recruit people to join the registry to become donors for blood stem cells or bone marrow transplants.

ClubsEventsStudent LifeTop Stories FAU’s first community service carnival

Mar 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

FAU’s Community Service Club (CSC) and Student Government’s Student Advocating Volunteer Involvement (SAVI) will be hosting a Service Carnival event this Friday, March 31, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Diversity Lawn. This is the first time that an event of this nature will be held at FAU.

Cheek swab breakthrough

Mar 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

Gift of Life Australia (GOLA) chairman Richard Glass has welcomed cheek swabs being made more readily available in Australia as a match continues to be sought for young Jewish father Murray Foltyn. The 41-year-old father of two has a rare blood cancer and is in urgent need of a life-saving stem cell match.

Gift of Life seeking life-saving donors at FAU

Mar 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

Gift of Life, a stem cell and bone marrow registry will be tabling in the Breezeway to encourage students to register as stem cell and bone marrow donors and potentially save the life of someone battling blood cancers, sickle-cell anemia, and other inherited blood disorders.