Two very special heroes, two courageous transplant recipients and two generous baseball teams recently joined with the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation to make two very special meetings possible.
The New York Mets hosted an extraordinary meeting at Shea Stadium on August 26 as Avraham Goldhar, a bone marrow donor was introduced to Gal Betzalel, the young man whose life he saved one year ago.
For members and volunteers of GesherCity Boston, the Greater Boston Jewish Community’s young adult outreach program, it was also the perfect day to host a donor recruitment drive at the Harvard Hillel in Cambridge.
In August 2005, my father David Margulies donated blood stem cells to a young, Greek girl named Marina who suffered from acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He was almost a complete match for Marina!
This year, teachers at the Maimonides School in Brookline, MA have presented a unique graduation gift to each member of its Class of 2007: the opportunity to join Gift of Life’s registry.
The bone marrow of donors has in many instances saved the lives of many of our brethren. Because the bank is under government guidelines, they are forbidden to share any information in regard to the bone marrow recipient.
