Save a Life This Sunday

I talked with a friend in NYC, Dan Stone, who happens to be on the board of directors for the local Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. He was glad to hear that we were working with Gift of Life. His sister, Barbara, was one of the long-odds cases where Gift of Life produced a last-minute match for a bone marrow transplant. Barbara's donor miraculously ended up being her best friend from college.

Dan also told me that recently Gift of Life helped a Long Island woman named Ruth Spector find a donor, and that she is now thriving. As he said to me, "The efforts of everyone really can pay off. While the matches are miracles, they are not rare."

Anyway, I reached out to him, looking to spread the word about the drive on the East Coast. If you have friends or family of Eastern-European Jewish ancestry who live in the New York or Boston area, please let them know about the following Gift of Life donation drives this coming Sunday:

- Boston (Wayland); Sunday June 12: 10a.m.-1p.m.
- New York (Old Westbury); Sunday June 12: 9a.m.-2p.m.

Click here for more information about either of these events.

I expect both events to top the 232 donors that attended last Sunday in San Francisco! And if you can't make it, please click here for a "do-it-at-home" bone marrow screening kit.

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