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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.
June 21, 2021
Join us for a virtual celebration in memory of Icla da Silva. We continue to honor her wish to help others…adding new donors to the national registry and supporting those in need. Please click to RSVP!
October 13, 2021
Our 2021 Hope Gala is planned for October 13, 2021. Please save the date. Details will be available soon.
May 28, 2021 • News
When Anjana first learned about Be The Match, she became passionately committed to helping us save more lives.
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March 7, 2021 • News
BY SHAKARI BRIGGS DALLAS Life for Jakobe “Kobe” Washington changed drastically roughly seven months ago on August 10. It was then he was diagnosed with a rare disease – acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Now, Communities in Florida and Dallas are hoping to find the eight-year-old a blood stem cell donor match to help save his life.[…]
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December 19, 2020 • In the News
Jakobe Washington, an 8-year-old boy from Punta Gorda, Fl only wants one thing for Christmas this year…a matching bone marrow donor to save his life. Read the story from the Port Charlotte SUN. You can become a potential donor by joining the registry. It’s simple, safe, and free. JOIN THE REGISTRY
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February 22, 2020 • Photo Galleries
Patients, survivors, donors, and their families joined us in Orlando, Florida on February 22, 2020. We had the great privilege to recognize 23 bone marrow donors from the Orlando area.
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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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