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
Continue reading 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!
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!
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 |
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!
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!
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
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!
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 |
“Good morning. Is this Mr. Hyman? I’m calling from the bone marrow registry. You have been found to be a match for a cancer patient!”
I was sitting in my office when I received that call. I had been tested sometime around 1998 and had not thought about that day in years. Then, quite literally, out of the blue, I was asked if I would be willing to go through further testing to confirm that I was a match for “the patient.”
My response was simple: tell me what to do!! The caller from the registry went through some basic info and made sure to tell me that while the procedure for me as a potential stem cell donor, was safe, it was still my choice and “are you sure you want to go through this process?” Continue reading So You Got A Call To Be A Stem Cell Donor?
