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SAAC Partners with Project Life Movement to Add to Bone Marrow Donor Database
November 01, 2016 | Devlin Student-Athlete Formation & Succe
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For three days in October Boston College's Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) partnered with Project Life Movement to hold bone marrow participant sign-up drives on BC's campus.
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The mission of Project Life Movement (PLM) is to enlarge the pool of potential bone marrow and stem cell donors. Its focus is on recruiting college students to increase and improve the overall diversity of the donor database. The bone marrow drives are held to educate and empower community members about this potentially life-saving campaign. The drives give students the opportunity to enter the national bone marrow database through a simple cheek swab. Over the course of the drive, 861 members of the BC community registered to enter the database.
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"For patients and families who are in need of a bone marrow match, a campus drive may truly be their best and last hope for finding a cure for their deadly disease," said David Lindsay, the founder and executive director of PLM. "Every one of the 861 Boston College students who swabbed themselves is already a hero in my mind. They represent 861 more opportunities for a patient to discover the miracle they've been seeking."
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SAAC is grateful to have had a major role in getting this movement to campus and hopes to partner with PLM in the future to hold more drives. When asked why Project Life Movement has chosen to partner with SAAC, Lindsay explained.
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"SAAC is composed of dynamic leaders. These student athletes are admired and respected in their communities and have the ability to influence their peers while impacting change in positive ways," Lindsay said.
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SAAC was able to collaborate with UGBC, BC Residential Life, BC C.A.S.T. and many other organizations to make this a campus wide event.
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"Once the word initially got out about the bone marrow drives, there were many BC organizations that contacted us about helping out to spread the word and volunteer at the drives" said Devaun Bovell, BC SAAC president. "It was great to gain support from all over campus for an event hosted by student athletes."
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Former BC student-athlete and current linebacker for the Carolina Panthers Kuechly, stopped by the drive on Friday. Kuechly, who returned to campus for his jersey retirement ceremony, is a national spokesperson for PLM.
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For more information about Project Life Movement, visit www.projectlifemovement.org.
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The mission of Project Life Movement (PLM) is to enlarge the pool of potential bone marrow and stem cell donors. Its focus is on recruiting college students to increase and improve the overall diversity of the donor database. The bone marrow drives are held to educate and empower community members about this potentially life-saving campaign. The drives give students the opportunity to enter the national bone marrow database through a simple cheek swab. Over the course of the drive, 861 members of the BC community registered to enter the database.
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"For patients and families who are in need of a bone marrow match, a campus drive may truly be their best and last hope for finding a cure for their deadly disease," said David Lindsay, the founder and executive director of PLM. "Every one of the 861 Boston College students who swabbed themselves is already a hero in my mind. They represent 861 more opportunities for a patient to discover the miracle they've been seeking."
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SAAC is grateful to have had a major role in getting this movement to campus and hopes to partner with PLM in the future to hold more drives. When asked why Project Life Movement has chosen to partner with SAAC, Lindsay explained.
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"SAAC is composed of dynamic leaders. These student athletes are admired and respected in their communities and have the ability to influence their peers while impacting change in positive ways," Lindsay said.
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SAAC was able to collaborate with UGBC, BC Residential Life, BC C.A.S.T. and many other organizations to make this a campus wide event.
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"Once the word initially got out about the bone marrow drives, there were many BC organizations that contacted us about helping out to spread the word and volunteer at the drives" said Devaun Bovell, BC SAAC president. "It was great to gain support from all over campus for an event hosted by student athletes."
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Former BC student-athlete and current linebacker for the Carolina Panthers Kuechly, stopped by the drive on Friday. Kuechly, who returned to campus for his jersey retirement ceremony, is a national spokesperson for PLM.
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For more information about Project Life Movement, visit www.projectlifemovement.org.
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