bone marrow registry – Ezer Mizion

They’re Twins But

Two adorable twins. Too young to understand numbers and question why the ‘two’ doesn’t match their actual age. When they mature perhaps Mommy will explain that this was a party celebrating another birthday. It had been two years since Yarden. had received her life-saving bone marrow transplant. No family member was a genetic match and her parents had been forced to look elsewhere, somewhere, around the globe, for someone whose DNA matched their precious child. We cannot imagine the tension, the fear, the prayers that filled their home until one morning, the phone rang. “I’m calling from Ezer Mizion Bone Marrow Registry. I have wonderful news…” Life hasn’t been easy for the twins. They were born together but have been apart for so much of their life what with Yarden in and out of hospitals. May they now spend the rest of their lives together, enjoying each other’s company in perfect health.

Because of You!

September 2020 – BONE MARROW DONOR REGISTRY ACTIVITY SUMMARY
In August 2020:
33 transplants, 29 of these from donor pools
3,697 total transplants

Transplant Countries
Australia, Austria, Chile, Germany, Greece, Israel, Poland, UK, USA

Donor Pool Countries

Brazil, Canada, Israel, Mexico, UK, USA

Because of You!

June 2020 – BONE MARROW DONOR REGISTRY ACTIVITY SUMMARY

38 transplants, 31 of these from donor pools
3,634 total transplants
573 new members this month
1,035,584 total members in registry

Transplant Countries
Argentina, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel,
Italy, Netherlands, Spain, USA

Donor Pool Countries
Austria, Brazil, Israel, UK, USA Continue reading Because of You!

Their Challenges/ Our Mission/Your Pride

Each one was unique yet each one was the same. Each reflected an individualized situation much exacerbated by the Covid-19 situation. Yet each one was a desperate plea, “Please help me!’ sent to the address they have come to rely upon. Ezer Mizion’s Linked to Life is a whatsapp network spanning Israel and around the globe which receives requests that are as varied as those that send them. It may be a need for transport for an oncology patient, delivery of vital meds, putting together a Bar Mitzvah for a boy whose father is in serious condition, picking up medical equipment for a patient who cannot be released from the hospital without it. The list goes on and on.

During the pandemic, the Linked to Life networks were on fire. Requests didn’t stop. Linked to Life coordinated with other divisions of Ezer Mizion and was there for everyone in their time of need. Was it ten requests, a hundred, two hundred? and make no mistake. Each request did not have a one-step resolution. ‘I would check the network and come back half a day later and see 600 more.’ said a staff member who had access to the network. See chart above for the amazing numbers, all performed by our dedicated Ezer Mizion volunteers.

At the same time, all the other Ezer Mizion divisions – Bone Marrow Registry, Golden Age, Special Needs, Mental Health, Cancer Support, Transportation, Food Disbursement – were working at full speed. If we were to add those numbers, the totals would be mind boggling! How does this happen? Because of you, our invaluable friends and supporters!

Because of You!

June 1, 2020

BONE MARROW DONOR REGISTRY ACTIVITY SUMMARY

In May there were:
30 transplants, 25 of these from donor pools
3,596 total transplants
4,928 new members this month
1,035,790 total members in registry

Transplant Countries
Canada, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Norway, Poland, UK, USA

Donor Pool Countries
Brazil, Canada, Israel, USA

Donor Pool Name	May 2020 Transplants	Total Transplants
Tuvia Theo Bloom	1	5
Brazil Community	4	195
Damaghi Family	4	86
David & Sara Farajun	1	139
Florida	1	15
Freescale Israel	1	3
Gaash Golf	1	2
Heichal Moshe & N. Tel Aviv	1	3
Jewish Bone Marrow Testing Fund	1	65
Moshe & Tzippy Kammar	1	1
Lechu Neranena Raanana Community	1	5
Moriel & Anat Matalon	1	6
Irving & Cherna Moskowitz Fd.	1	40
Morris & Rickie Platt	1	4
Israel & Edith Pollak	1	18
Chaim Rav-Acha	1	1
Reuven & Tzipora Schlussel & Family	1	1
Oded & Zoharit Shriki	1	1
Steven E. & Bonnie B. Stern	1	8

Give Up? Not When It Means Saving A Life!

How is Ezer Mizion’s Bone Marrow Registry managing? Corona created formidable obstacles. 60% of stem cells are normally transported by courier for life-saving transplants to countries outside of Israel. At first, foreign couriers who do not have an Israeli passport were denied entry into Israel. Israeli couriers were forced to wait a two week isolation period following their return into Israel. Continue reading Give Up? Not When It Means Saving A Life!

Because of You!

DNA — 1,018,787 members in registry (of these 577,888 joined the registry as part of their induction to the IDF)

January 2020

BONE MARROW DONOR REGISTRY ACTIVITY SUMMARY

31 transplants, 25 of these from donor pools

3,475 total transplants facilitated by Ezer Mizion
(of these 2,183 joined the registry as part of their induction to the IDF)

Transplant Countries
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Romania,
Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, USA

Donor Pool Countries
Brazil, Canada, Israel, USA Continue reading Because of You!

Are We Doing Something Right?

Per capita, Israel has more registrants in its bone marrow registry than any other country. Proportionate to the population, Israel is Number One with the highest percentage of its citizens stepping up to the plate to help save the lives of cancer patients whose sole chance of survival is a bone marrow transplant.

1. Israel

2. Cyprus

3. Germany

4. Poland

5. Portugal

6. USA

7. Britain

8. Brazil

9. Singapore

10. Holland

Mazel Tov! We’ve Reached 1,000,000!

Because of your generosity, Ezer Mizion, world’s largest Jewish registry, has reached the MILLION MARK! What does that mean? The success of a bone marrow transplant is dependent on the genetic match between donor and recipient. With Israel’s wide range of ethnic groups, many of them IDF recruits, we have succeeded in amassing a registry of ONE MILLION potential donors. These registrants are of highly varied genetic makeup so that when a cancer patient is in need of a bone marrow transplant, the chances of finding a DNA match in time, before it’s too late, are very good! However, there are still many who wait in hope and prayer for the match that will mean LIFE and we will not stop enlarging the registry until until every single request received from any part of the world can be answered with a triumphant, YES! WE HAVE A MATCH!

DONATE-TODAY-BUTTON-3 — Each genetic test costs $50. Your gift will help save lives.

Because of You!

October 2019 – BONE MARROW DONOR REGISTRY ACTIVITY SUMMARY
Milestone this month!

999,268 Members of the Registry. 559,854 of those who joined registry via the IDF

33 transplants, 27 of these from donor pools
3,362 total transplants (of these 2,078 joined the registry as part of their induction to the IDF)

Transplant Countries
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Poland,
Portugal, Spain, Turkey, UK, USA

Donor Pool Countries
Canada, Israel, Mexico, UK, USA

Donor Pool Name	October 2019 Transplants	Total Transplants
ABS Settlement	1	15
Blood Brothers	1	8
René & Susanne Braginsky	1	6
Brazil Community	2	178
Damaghi Family	1	72
Englewood Community	1	1
Erotex Ltd.	1	1
David & Sara Farajun	2	129
Florida	1	9
Hole In One	1	53
Don Marcos & Sra. Adina Katz	1	73
Joe & Carmella Klein	1	17
Andy & Bassy Lowinger	1	4
Modiin Youth	1	1
David Monderer	1	1
Nitzan Community	2	6
George & Pamela Rohr	3	74
Dan & Gloria Schusterman	1	19
Moshe Mordechai & Rivka Dalia Shoob	1	1
Stu’s	1	3
Avi & Shoshi Weinroth	1	4
Maurice & Vivienne Wohl Philan. Fndn.	1	27