I first heard about Gift of Life at a donor recruitment drive at my undergraduate university in 2019. I swabbed that day and was found to be a match about a year and later! In 2020 I was able to donate for a bone marrow transplant and fell in love with the mission that the
Mission: Gift of Life cures blood cancer through blood stem cell and marrow donation by striving to find a match for every patient in need, whenever they need one.
Results: Up to the minute vital statistics on Gift of Life's accomplishments can be found here: http://www.giftoflife.org/Pages/Facts-and-Figures.aspx .
Target demographics: Patients of All Ages, Recruiting donors age 18-35
Geographic areas served: Throughout the United States
Programs: Registration drives are conducted to tissue type volunteer blood stem cell and bone marrow donors and enroll them into the public registry. This is performed as a community service without charge to the donors. Gift of Life serves as a liaison between the donor, collection center and transplant center, providing case management services including all logistics involved in donor confirmatory testing, workup, harvest and follow-up.
I first heard about Gift of Life at a donor recruitment drive at my undergraduate university in 2019. I swabbed that day and was found to be a match about a year and later! In 2020 I was able to donate for a bone marrow transplant and fell in love with the mission that the GOL embodies. The entire process was very well done, everything was explained in great detail, and all of the GOL representatives took excellent care of any needs that I had. This summer I was able to host my first donor recruitment drive at my school and really enjoyed participating in outreach for this great organization. Gift of Life continues to strive towards improving the lives of individuals with blood cancer and their families, as well as educating the public about how they can be a part of the process. I am extremely thankful that I was introduced to this organization several years ago and I plan on continuing to be a part of saving lives with Gift of Life for many years to come!
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Jay F. 09/20/2023 Thank you for sharing your experience kasscook! You are a lifesaving hero!