Katie
Currie (pictured above) from East Kilbride is one of 7000 people who urgently needs a bone
marrow transplant. She has Leukaemia and you could be the only person to offer
her the chance of long term survival.
On
the 21st, 24th and 25th of June the Anthony Nolan Trust will be holding open clinics for anyone
who wishes to join the Bone Marrow Register in the Glasgow, Bellshill and East Kilbride respectively.
All
that may ever be needed from you is a small sample of blood, but you never
know, you may turn out to be a matching donor – with the same tissue type as a
patient. It will cost you nothing to join the register, but not acting quickly
enough could cost someone their life. Please join the register and offer
someone, somewhere, some hope.
If
you are aged between 18-40 years, in good health, weigh over 8st (51kgs), have
a BMI of under 35 and are willing to help save the life of any patient then you
may be able to help us offer a lifeline to patients like Katie.
On the 10th of May the Trust held a recruitment clinic in East Kilbride. If you
attended this clinic and were unable to have your blood taken due to limited
resources, you should have received a kit. Please bring this along and your
blood can now be taken.
You could save the life of someone like Katie.
Clinics:
Saturday 21st June 2008 - Pollokshields Community Centre, 15 Kenmure Street,
Glasgow. 12.30pm-4pm
Tuesday 24th June 2008 - Noble Primary School, Shirrell Avenue, North Road,
Bellshill. 4pm-8pm
Wednesday 25th June 2008 - Holiday Inn, Stewartfield Road, East Kilbride, G75 5LA. 6.30pm - 8.30pm