News from the FCS
August 11th, 2010, 07:35 PM
The Yale football and women's ice hockey teams were facing a major challenge as they headed into their second annual "Get in the Game. Save a Life." marrow donor testing drive Thursday afternoon at Commons. The Bulldogs had tested a record 704 people at last year's drive -- and since all of those people were now already in the National Marrow Donor Program's Be the Match Registry, the two teams would have to find hundreds upon hundreds of new registrants this year in order to meet their goal of saving lives and keeping their record intact. The teams came up with a game plan, starting work on the project weeks in advance. And they got a reminder of just how important their work was earlier this week, when women's ice hockey forward Mandi Schwartz learned that she would have to return home to Saskatchewan to battle cancer again. Just hours after Schwartz left New Haven, the Bulldogs rallied together and shattered their own record by signing up 911 potential donors.
More... (http://www.yalebulldogs.com/genrel/2010_04_22_release_marrow_donor_testing_drive)
More... (http://www.yalebulldogs.com/genrel/2010_04_22_release_marrow_donor_testing_drive)