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Miami Beach Mayor Introduces 10-Year Old Blood Disorder Survivor to Lifesaving Donor at Gift of Life Marrow Registry Gala

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gift of Life Marrow Registry , a Boca Raton-based blood stem cell and bone marrow registry, held its One Huge Night Miami Gala on Monday, October 30, 2023 at Queen Miami Beach in Miami Beach, Fla.

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  • BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gift of Life Marrow Registry , a Boca Raton-based blood stem cell and bone marrow registry, held its One Huge Night Miami Gala on Monday, October 30, 2023 at Queen Miami Beach in Miami Beach, Fla.
  • At the event, attendees witnessed a heartwarming first-meeting between lifesaving donor, Dylan Levkoff, and her grateful transplant recipient Timothy Sviridenko, a 10-year-old boy from Washington state.
  • The pair was introduced by Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber.
  • Thankfully, Levkoff, a 24-year-old fourth-grade teacher from Miami, Fla., had joined Gift of Life’s registry at a drive hosted by her sorority, Sigma Delta Tau at the University of Miami in 2019.