Stories

In Your Opinion: Bone marrow registry drive appreciated

Oct 2017 MEDIA COVERAGE

Cheers to the recent [Gift of Life] bone marrow registry drive held at SUNY Oneonta. I was very fortunate to receive the gift of life (stem cells) from a registered donor who had responded to a drive like this. A simple swab of his mouth put his DNA in the registry files. Months later, I was praying that Dana Farber Cancer Center in Boston would find a perfect match for me. Thank God, it did.

Inside South Florida — Gift of Life Marrow Registry

Oct 2017 MEDIA COVERAGE

Inside South Florida interviews Gift of Life Marrow Registry Director of Community Engagement Marti Freund about what the bone marrow registry is and how easy it is to join for your chance to save a life.

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Marrow Donor and Recipient Meet on NY1 Broadcast - 9.16.17

Sep 2017 MEDIA COVERAGE

Marrow recipient and Scotland resident Rory Kemp, 13, met his lifesaving donor Christopher Mattson for the first time during NY 1's broadcast on World Marrow Donor Day, Sept. 16, 2017.

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A Message in a Bone

Sep 2017 MEDIA COVERAGE

I was walking down a crowded street in Santa Monica, California one a brisk afternoon, thinking about what I wanted for lunch when the text came in from my daughter. It was a copy of a message she had just received. It read: "Dear Emily, On Dec. 23, 2015, you volunteered to join the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Registry at a recruitment drive held at the Jerusalem Gold Hotel.

Living out Jewish Values in Every Way: A Life-Saving Mitzvah

Jun 2017 MEDIA COVERAGE

It was Charles Bukowski, the American poet and novelist who once wrote, "You begin saving the world by saving one person at a time." And that’s exactly what Ryan Woloshin, BBYO’s Eastern Region Regional Director, did last month when he became a Gift of Life donor.

Gift of Life chairman and bride choose marrow registry over wedding registry

Jun 2017 MEDIA COVERAGE

What wedding gift do you give the couple that doesn’t need anything? Bill Begal, chairman of the board of Gift of Life Marrow Registry (giftoflife.org), and his bride, Kira Epstein, decided that in lieu of a wedding registry they would make the marrow registry the centerpiece of their wedding festivities.