Joe was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in July, 2008. When he learned he would need a transplant from a stranger to survive, he was frightened and unsure that it would even be possible to find a donor.
On Sunday, July 20th, a troop of seasoned bowlers filed into the Strikes@Boca Bowling Alley thinking that the tournament would be like any other bowling tournament.
Michael, a student at Rochester, donate blood platelets every three months or whenever a blood drive was held on campus. Then one night he swabbed his cheek at a drive and joined the Gift of Life Marrow Registry.
Mark was just nine years old when he was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia. He survived the frightening diagnosis, thanks to a lifesaving transplant and his bone marrow donor, Samuel.
The Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation was the charity of choice for Rebecca and Ron, two strangers living on opposite sides of the world who participated in Cycle for Unity’s journey through Tuscany, Italy.
Philip, a retired army physician from San Antonio, TX was feeling ill in September of 2010 after returning home from a trip to Mexico. He said, “I knew by the look on the young doctors’ faces it was bad.
