28Sep/18

First I Met My Children, Then My Girlfriend. They’re Related. – New York Times


New York Times

First I Met My Children, Then My Girlfriend. They’re Related.
New York Times
In the early 2000s, I searched online for a way to find my offspring and discovered the Donor Sibling Registry but didn’t see any leads there and never got around to checking back. (I had looked way too early: My progeny began to use the site to find

28Sep/18

You could be a bone marrow donor: Here’s what you need to know – The Coloradoan


The Coloradoan

You could be a bone marrow donor: Here’s what you need to know
The Coloradoan
His journey was meant to honor the Graves family that runs Morning Fresh — in 1979 the late Laura Graves became the first person to have bone marrow transplant from a non-related donor. Her late father, Bob Graves, started the organization that became …

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27Sep/18

Anonymous donors put up $11000 in reward money after shooting of man who founded St. Louis nonprofit – STLtoday.com


STLtoday.com

Anonymous donors put up $11000 in reward money after shooting of man who founded St. Louis nonprofit
STLtoday.com
He told police he was shot while someone tried to carjack his 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Because he was so badly injured, he couldn’t immediately give officers more information. RELATED: See crime reports from the Wydown Skinker neighborhood …

27Sep/18

Heartstrings and Grassroots: Diversifying Be the Match’s Donor Base – MediaPost Communications

Heartstrings and Grassroots: Diversifying Be the Match’s Donor Base
MediaPost Communications
Provide people access to unrelated bone marrow transplants. 70% don’t have relative donor. Past year on average 18,000 searching consistently. 2/3 of the base can’t find a match. Many barriers, financial, some are related to insurance, primarily our

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27Sep/18

Sunday Conversation: Linda D’Aquila builds support for life-saving organ donations – TBO.com


TBO.com

Sunday Conversation: Linda D’Aquila builds support for life-saving organ donations
TBO.com
Sunday Conversation: Linda D’Aquila builds support for life-saving organ donations. Linda DAquila helped raise thousands of … D’Aquila worked hand-in-hand with the National Organization for Transplant Enlightenment at awareness events, monthly