Marrow Donor Testing Drive to be featured on WTNH Saturday Morning

[News from the FCS]

The countdown is on for the marrow donor testing drive that the Yale football and women's ice hockey teams will lead on Thursday, Apr. 22, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Commons. In the spirit of breaking the record Yale established last year, when more than 700 potential life-saving donors signed up, the Bulldogs are taking an even more proactive approach this year. Last week, after an introductory meeting with an official from the National Marrow Donor Program and a speech from a recipient whose life was saved by a marrow donor, members of both teams stuck around Ray Tompkins House to pre-assemble hundreds of donor kits. That will save valuable time for everyone on the day of the drive itself. This Saturday, Yale women's ice hockey player Mandi Schwartz, a leukemia survivor, is scheduled to appear on New Channel 8 WTNH's "Good Morning Connecticut Weekend" at approximately 6:30 a.m.

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