Major Past Events

Moments that grew the registry and community trust.

From fundraisers to student-led marrow registry drives to workshops for hospitalized children, every touchpoint pairs education with concrete donor recruitment goals.

December 8, 2025

Great Neck North High School Cardmaking Workshop

Engaged students to create cards for hospitalized children and raise awareness about the marrow registry.

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December 5, 2025

Bellmore Merrick JFK High School Cardmaking Workshop

Engaged 70+ pre-med club members to create cards for hospitalized children and raise awareness about the marrow registry.

December 4, 2025

Great Neck South High School Cardmaking Workshop Part 2

Engaged 100+ pre-med club members to create cards for hospitalized children and raise awareness about the marrow registry.

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December 2, 2025

Great Neck South High School Cardmaking Workshop

Engaged 250+ students to create cards for hospitalized children and raise awareness about the marrow registry.

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November 26, 2025

Great Neck North High School Student-Led Swab Drive

Second student-led bone marrow swab drive registered new potential donors and raised awareness about the registry to 1000+ students.

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November 9, 2025

Food Drive & Cancer Awareness Day

In partnership with NCYC and LI Cares, we filled 25+ large boxes of food and raised $600+ to support families navigating cancer treatments.

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October 24, 2025

Great Neck South High School Student-Led Swab Drive

New York's first student-led bone marrow swab drive registered 45+ new potential donors thanks to weeks of peer-to-peer outreach with Gift of Life, DECA, and Key Club partners.

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October 4, 2025

Seminar with Dr. Alan Wu

Dr. Wu led a hybrid session on clinical medicine, research, microbiology, and toxicology for 50+ in-person participants and 200+ remote attendees spanning CA, TX, WA, MD, IL, and MA.

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July 30, 2025

Chicago Fundraising & Swabbing Event

Partnered with the North American Chinese Clinical Chemist Association to raise $2,000+ and add new donors to the national marrow registry.

April 2025

Colors of Life Art Fundraiser

Welcomed 200+ artists and attendees for an evening that raised over $2,000 while spotlighting young creative minds and urgent needs in blood cancer treatments.

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January 26, 2025

GNCA's 30th Anniversary Celebration

Celebrated 30 years of community service and raised awareness about bone marrow donation at this milestone event.

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