49ers Coach, Deuce saved Tony’s life
49ers Coach, Deuce saved Tony’s life

Play Your Part in saving lives

A fully supported program that partners with schools, coaches, and student-athletes to grow the stem cell registry and give patients a second chance at life.

Built for the athletic community

This program helps athletic departments host simple, medically safe registry drives that allow student-athletes to potentially become life-saving donors. Our team manages the process from education to registration, making participation easy for schools and teams.

How you can participate

Whether you're leading an athletic department, coaching a team, or competing as a student-athlete, there's a role for you in this movement. Each path is straightforward, meaningful, and designed to fit into your world without disruption.

Athletic directors

Support leadership, service, and community impact across your athletic program. Host a registry drive and align your program with a cause that matters.

Coaches

A meaningful team experience that takes minutes to join and requires no practice time. Bring your team together for something bigger than the scoreboard.

Student athletes

Join the registry with one swab. You could give someone a second chance at life.

Athletes lead where it matters most

Your athletes already know discipline, commitment, and what it takes to push through when stakes are high. A registry drive channels those same qualities toward something that saves lives. This is leadership that extends beyond the field.

Your team can join the registry in minutes without disrupting practice or competition. When a match happens, your athlete becomes the only person who can save that patient's life. That's real impact.

Schools that host registry drives stand out. Recruits see your commitment to community. Parents see an athletic program that teaches service alongside sport. That's the kind of culture that builds championship teams and better people.

Two student athletes swabbing their cheeks at a registry drive

Athlete stories

Hear from student athletes who saved lives

"The more I could do this and use this as a platform to raise awareness for Gift of Life and for anyone to swab, it's really special."

Deuce Schwartz

Offensive Quality Control Coach

San Francisco 49ers

"My decision to swab and donate came from a random athletic club meeting on a Tuesday night, and purely by coincidence, the study was done in the same small area of Detroit that Roberta is from. I am extremely fortunate that I was able to help her."

Sammy Friedrich

Men’s Soccer

Wofford College

"Finding out I was a match made me a little nervous, to be honest, I wasn’t sure how intensive the process was going to be, but after speaking with the people at Gift of Life, they made it clear that there was nothing to worry about. At the end of the day, I was given the opportunity to help somebody."

Michael Moran

Men’s Lacrosse

Connecticut College

"Gift of Life truly makes it too easy to help someone in the greatest way possible: to save someone’s life."

Adam LeBlanc

College Lacrosse

Florida Atlantic University

"I had joined the registry back in 2019, while a student – and lacrosse player – at the Rochester Institute of Technology. My teammate Walker Hare had previously joined Gift of Life and had already donated bone marrow, so our team was excited to all join the registry, too."

Patrick Shoemay

Professional Lacrosse Player

San Diego Seals

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Brandon saved Olivia’s life
Brandon saved Olivia’s life

Men’s Lacrosse’s Michael Moran from Connecticut College to make a Gift of Life

Earlier this year, Michael Moran ’26 and many of his Men’s Lacrosse teammates took part in a Gift of Life Marrow Registry “Saxton’s Swab #2 Save Challenge” drive on campus. The initiative has added nearly 1,000 lacrosse players to the donor registry for individuals battling blood cancer or other blood disorders seeking a match.

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Michael Moran playing lacrosse for Connecticut College