JIRS: Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation

Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation

Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation
7700 Congress Avenue
Suite 2201
Boca Raton, FL 33487

Phone #:(561) 988-0100
Phone #:( ) - 1-800-9MARROW :toll free
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Phone #:(561) 988-0141 Donor Center Fax
Fax Number:(561) 988-0140 ;

Web Page: www.giftoflife.org
E-mail: None Listed

Program/Service Notes:

MISSION

Facilitate bone marrow transplants for patients around the world suffering from life-threatening illnesses by increasing the representation of the Jewish people in the bone marrow donor pool.

SERVICES

Recruitment Development
Community recruitment campaigns are undertaken to register volunteers within the network. Tissue type is inherited, and the worldwide donor pool is not representative of all ethnic and racial groups. The Foundation’s recruitment strategy focuses on genetic diversity, specifically to increase overall Jewish ethnic representation within the international donor pool.

Patient Advocacy
Counsel patients and their families about the intricacies of the donor search process, including strategies for extended family studies and international unrelated donor searches. The goal is to ensure that each patient has complete access to all sources of stem cells worldwide.

Public Education
The Foundation attempts to increase public awareness of the need for unrelated marrow and blood stem cell donors through a variety of media campaigns and published materials.

Transplant Coordination
The Foundation manages a registry of volunteers willing to participate as stem cell donors should they be matched with patients needing transplants. The database is made available to transplant centers in the United States and abroad, as well as the search coordinating units of other domestic and foreign registries. The Foundation processes patient search requests, orders additional testing of potentially matched donors, and facilitates the ultimate collection and delivery of donor grafts to the transplant centers.

Patient Assistance
The Foundation endorses a long-standing pro bono policy of providing testing services without charge to patients who lack sufficient medical insurance coverage or personal financial resources.

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Eligibility: See website for donor eligibility guidelines

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Service Area: United States & Israel

Intake Process: Just call of contact via website

Operating Agency: Independent Organization (Not classified)

This information was last updated on 06/27/2007

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Hours:
Person In Charge:	:
Eligibility:	See website for donor eligibility guidelines
Fees:
Service Area:	United States & Israel
Intake Process:	Just call of contact via website
Operating Agency:	Independent Organization (Not classified)

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