Even before they were married, Ilana and David Adams were destined to do something great together as a couple. In January of 2002, as college students at Rutgers University, they were both involved in Hillel.
It was a truly emotional and moving evening for all who attended the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation’s 9th Annual Partners for Life Gala held on May 14th, 2009 in New York.
Two things stand out from that first day, seven years ago, that I heard the words "you have cancer." I remember dropping to the floor under the weight of those words.
Thirteen year old Jared from Pennsylvania decided to make Gift of Life his Bar Mitzvah project because his family knows someone who needs a bone marrow transplant.
In 2003, Amy Katz was diagnosed with leukemia. When Kate Rosenthal heard that news, she knew that she had to do everything in her power to help the family to find that life-saving match for Amy.
When donor Scott Spicer returned home after he donated his blood stem cells in October 2007, he knew that what he had just experienced was something unique and became inspired to "get the word out."
