- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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12 people are interested
Volunteer at our Annual 5K in Flushing Meadows Park
ORGANIZATION: The Icla da Silva Foundation
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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12 people are interested
The Icla Da Silva is hosting it's 9th Annual 5K in Flushing Meadows, Corona Park.
The Icla da Silva Foundation is the largest recruitment center for the Be The Match Registry in the United States. It recruits over 38,000 new potential bone marrow donors every year, with a strong focus on minority communities.
The Icla da Silva Foundation was established in 1992, in memory of the 13-year-old Brazilian girl named Icla da Silva. After two years of fighting leukemia, Icla passed away in New York City, where she came hoping to get her life saving treatment: a bone marrow transplant. The young girl never found a matching donor.
The mission of the Icla da Silva Foundation is to save lives by recruiting bone marrow donors and providing support services to children and adults with leukemia and other diseases treatable by marrow transplants. The Icla da Silva Foundation is a nonprofit organization under section 501(c) 3 of the IRS Code.
We are seeking volunteers to help set up, and aid our marathon this year. We hope to see you there!
More opportunities with The Icla da Silva Foundation
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About The Icla da Silva Foundation
Location:
5995 Summerside Drive, Box 797186, Dallas, TX 75379, US
Mission Statement
Removing Barriers The Mission of the Icla da Silva Foundation is to save the lives of patients with diseases whose only cure is a bone marrow or cord blood transplant by providing emotional, logistical, and financial support to remove barriers to treatment. Our Vision is that one day, regardless of ethnicity or socioeconomic status, every patient suffering from a disease whose only cure is a matching bone marrow or cord blood transplant will receive their treatment without barriers.
Description
A Critical Goal
Our goal is to provide emotional, logistical, and financial support to more patients in need. Our IclaCares program awards financial grants specific to bone marrow transplant patients, including blood cancers and sickle cell disease. We help to cover the cost of transportation, meals, housing/lodging, and other critical expenses associated with the transplant that most insurance companies do not cover.
We need your help. As a non-profit organization, we rely on the generosity of our donors and fundraisers. Program continuation is dependent on the availability of funds and the program could be discontinued at any time if funding is limited or no longer available.
Please consider joining our team of volunteers to help grow our program and raise funds so that we can ensure more patients receive their life-saving treatment.
*The Icla da Silva Foundation was established in June of 1992, as a nonprofit organization under section 501(c) 3 of the IRS Code.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Flushing Meadows Corona ParkQueens, NY 11354
DATE POSTED
May 6, 2019
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 17
- Flexible!