Posts by Thad Cwiklinski
A Swabbing Good Year
Eleven months ago, I happily accepted a position at There Goes My Hero. I didn’t know what to expect, but I hoped that this would be an exciting and fulfilling year. Now that my service year is almost done (it ends July 21st), I can definitively say that this year has far exceeded my expectations…
Read MoreHosting Bone Marrow Drives On Your Own
In order to expand our public outreach, There Goes My Hero needs to be able to host bone marrow drives more frequently, and in more locations. Doing so increases the number of potential donors, matches, and life-saving transplants that we are able to provide. Despite our significant impact, TGMH is not a large-scale organization. Sometimes,…
Read More3 Personal Benefits of Volunteering
Most people’s first consideration when they volunteer is the good of other people. However, in addition to contributing time and effort to benefit others, many recent studies suggest that volunteering is extremely good for volunteers themselves. People who volunteer are regularly more happy, healthy, and report feeling more fulfilled. Volunteering is also an excellent way…
Read MoreHope in the Time of Corona
Greetings to There Goes My Hero’s volunteers, I’m glad to be able to give you some definite updates about the volunteer program in an indefinite time. We’ve been fortunate enough to have had some successful drives to start 2020, but ever since the COVID-19 outbreak, we have had to adapt to accomplish our mission remotely.…
Read MoreMeet the Alphas: There Goes My Hero’s New Partners for Color the Registry
There Goes My Hero is proud to announce our partnership with Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. to launch our Color the Registry initiative! For those who may not be familiar with the program, Color the Registry is our campaign to help ensure that minority blood cancer patients who require…
Read MoreSuccess and Sweet Potatoes
Hello all once again! Since my last blog, things have been moving along as briskly as ever at There Goes My Hero. With each successive drive the process becomes a little smoother and more effective. In October we had four bone marrow drives, including at our annual OctoberTaste event. In November we had two drives.…
Read MoreFinding Hero
Salutations! In late July or early August, deep in the recesses of a job search database, I noticed an application for an organization called There Goes My Hero. I had a hunch that a Volunteer Coordinator must do something along the lines of coordinating volunteers, but my knowledge of the position ended there. The mysterious…
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