On February 5, 2026, we headed back to high school for a project that’s become a real favorite of ours: our school outreach program! This time, we visited the 11th graders at Jahn-Gymnasium Greifswald to talk about some seriously important topics: leukemia and how life-saving stem cell donations work.
We teamed up with the guys from Blutspende Greifswald, AG EH-MED, AG Aufklärung Organspende, and the Land|Rettung M-V crew to put together a full Health Day.
The students moved through different stations in small groups, and we gave them a quick presentation at each one. Afterward, they got to test what they’d learned in a quiz. The best part? They had the chance to sign up as potential stem cell donors right then and there. 22 students decided to go for it and have now officially started the search for their genetic twin!
Since you have to be 18 to actually donate, the 17-year-olds who signed up will be “activated” on their next birthday. But their HLA markers are already being processed by the DSD partner lab as we speak.
Just like our first time around, the day was a total success thanks to the great organization by the Greifswald Blood Donation team, the awesome teamwork between all the volunteers, and a super dedicated teacher. We’re already hyped for our next school event in March!
