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The Icla da Silva Foundation appreciates the help and support of its volunteers who dedicate an average of 2,700 hours of volunteering per year.
August 3, 2019
Join us for the 9th Annual Lil’ Ricky Softball Tournament and Marrow Drive to benefit the Icla da Silva Foundation. Saturday, August 3, 2019, Craven Point Softball Fields, Jersey City, NJ.
October 16, 2019
The 2019 HOPE GALA Fundraiser dinner and dance is approaching. Purchase tickets today.
July 21, 2019 | 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
5K to fight Histo Hudson River Park - Pier 46, New York, NY 10014
July 23, 2019 | 9:30 pm - 11:30 pm
1155 Union Circle #305008, Denton, TX 76203
July 31, 2019 | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
530 Davis Dr, Irving, TX 75061
August 3, 2019 | 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
640 Prospect Ave, West Orange, NJ 07052
July 18, 2019 • Patient Stories
Miguel enlisted in the Army after High School and was eventually deployed to Afghanistan. After a year in Afghanistan, and only one week before returning home, he was bitten by a spider.
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July 16, 2019 • In the News, News
From the Florida Times-Union, “A trip to the Emory Hospital emergency room led to a stunning diagnosis — leukemia — and eventually the need for a bone marrow transplant. That’s when Fisher, who is African-American, discovered the lack of diversity in the national Be The Match Marrow Registry, a list of potential blood stem cell[…]
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July 15, 2019 • In the News
For Black people, whose donor pool is exceptionally small, addressing racism in the medical profession is crucial to finding solutions. Read the article here.
Read More...The mission of the Icla da Silva Foundation is to save lives by recruiting bone marrow donors and providing support services to children and adults with leukemia and other diseases treatable by marrow transplants.
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