Stories

SUNY students seek bone marrow donors

Oct 2016 MEDIA COVERAGE

A SUNY Oneonta graduate who started a successful on-campus bone marrow registry drive two years ago will return to Oneonta this week to help with the third installment of the event, organizers said Monday.

Teaneck Natives Serve as Gift of Life Campus Ambassadors

Oct 2016 MEDIA COVERAGE

With a non-profit grant from LinkedIn, Gift of Life recruited its first eight ambassadors in 2014. The idea behind the Campus Ambassador Program, or CAP, is that the Gift of Life representative is a fellow college student, who recruits his or her peers.

Largest Q-tip breaks a record for World Marrow Donor Day

Sep 2016 MEDIA COVERAGE

Having decided to achieve an incredibly large record to promote World Marrow Donor Day earlier this month, the Gift of Life Marrow Registry set out to create a huge Q-tip as the symbol for the cause as cotton wool buds are used to swab the inner cheek, which gathers cells of potential donors.

Students attempt to add diversity to donor registries

Sep 2016 MEDIA COVERAGE

After her family friend was diagnosed with leukemia, Jessica Cohen saw her community of family and friends come together. So following their example, she signed up to become a bone marrow donor, adding herself to a list of people who could provide life saving marrow or stem cells to cancer patients.

The Mitzvah of Marrow Donation

Aug 2016 MEDIA COVERAGE

When The Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation told me that I was a potential match for an unrelated recipient, I actually wasn’t surprised; I always had the feeling they would call me one day, and when they did, I knew that I had to see this process through as far as it took me.

Cascade High grad donates bone marrow to stranger with cancer

Aug 2016 MEDIA COVERAGE

One day last November, Michael Cizek walked out of a library on the University of Florida campus. The Cascade High School graduate was greeted by a fellow student who had a question. "Hey, can you do this cheek swab?" he was asked. The procedure is part of a registration program through Gift of Life.