Stories

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.

Gift Of Life Bone Marrow Registry Delivers Holiday Miracle For Family

Dec 2018 MEDIA COVERAGE

When we say gift of life, we usually think of organ donation. There's another, much easier way to give the gift of life through bone marrow or stem cell donation, reports CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez. Now during the Festival of Lights, a young Jewish family wants people to know how that gift saved their son's life.

Chanukah-themed campaign aims to find bone marrow, stem cell donors

Nov 2018 MEDIA COVERAGE

Gift of Life Marrow Registry, a nonprofit bone marrow and blood stem cell registry that facilitates transplants, is holding a #SwabSameach campaign to encourage donation. The campaign ask participants to decorate a menorah online to draw attention to the issue, as well as get swabbed to see if one could be a match for someone needing a transplant.

Raising Awareness of the Gift of Life

Nov 2018 MEDIA COVERAGE

As we celebrate the Festival of Lights, take a moment to recognize the Gift of Life with #SwabSameach

Rabbi Eli Gives the Gift of Life

Nov 2018 MEDIA COVERAGE

An inspirational Chabad Rabbi donated bone marrow to save a life through the Gift of Life Marrow Registry. Having seen lives snuffed out in hate in Pittsburgh, he stepped up when he was found as a match to another, to save a life.