Have You Got the Giving Spirit? Three years ago, nonprofits across the nation came together to encourage Americans to give back during one special day, the Tuesday following Thanksgiving.  Following Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the suitably named Giving Tuesday asks that we not forget those in need during the kick-off of the holiday season.[…]

September is National Blood Cancer Awareness Month! Why do we need awareness? Because every 3 minutes someone in the United States is diagnosed with a blood cancer. The blood cancers are a group of more than 80 separate, but related diseases, including Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia, multiple myeloma, and myelodysplastic syndromes. Despite progress, more than a third[…]

The Icla da Silva Foundation has announced that it will host its first ever Matchmaker 5K Run/Walk in Boston, Massachusetts.  We invite all our New England friends to join us at the City on a Hill to stretch, move, and dance, in support of our critical mission: to add potential bone marrow donors to the[…]

What’s the issue? Every year, 13,000 Americans need a bone-marrow transplant from someone outside their family to cure 65 blood diseases, most notably leukemia.  Every day 6,000 people search the registry for a match. Our response: 2,846: Marrow drives to date.  The Icla da Silva Foundation holds over 250 marrow drives per month to add[…]

People celebrate birthdays, half-birthdays, anniversaries, even monthaverseries but very few celebrate a re-birthday. It’s been five years since Miabelle underwent a bone marrow transplant, and in those five years she has learned, grown, and lived a beautiful life. There is so much to celebrate; each step is its own milestone, and to see Miabelle so[…]

Thank you! We at The Icla da Silva Foundation want to say a big Thank You to all who came out to run, walk, stretch, and dance with us at our 6th Annual Matchmaker 5K Run/Walk. An extra special Thank You goes to all of you who formed teams and fundraised! We had so much[…]

> To View Photos of the San Diego Matchmaker 5K Click Here < This April the Icla da Silva Foundation hosted its second annual San Diego Matchmaker 5K Run/Walk. Over 130 participants enjoyed the perfect weather and picturesque palm tree-lined route with beautiful views at Tidelands Park overlooking the Coronado Bridge and downtown San Diego. […]

Last Thursday, May 5th, Laura Rodriguez from Fort Lauderdale, Florida met for the very first time the person who saved her life, her bone marrow donor Grace Marie Rivera from Puerto Rico.  The emotional meeting took place live on the Spanish television station Telemundo in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 2012 Laura was feeling very tired[…]

On April 9, in the seaside town of Long Beach, NY, the community rallied around one of their own, Kaitlyn Peters, an eight-year-old native, who was diagnosed with Philadelphia Positive ALL – a rare form of Leukemia.  Although the weather was dreary, the community came together to support the Peters Family in a bone marrow[…]

“I love her and I don’t even know her.” It’s been six months since Kristel Rodriguez donated her bone marrow to a patient suffering from Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, but she still thinks about her every single day.  Kristel and her marrow mate have likely never met. She owes this patient nothing, but she has given[…]