Charity
The more money you raise, the more lives we can help save. Help us find that last hope for life for children and adults who need a bone marrow transplant to survive leukaemia and other fatal conditions.
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Last year a stranger saved my life!
In 2008 I was running 30km a week, eating healthy, keeping slim, and planning my wedding. Within a fortnight I couldn't walk up a flight of stairs without losing my breath and in July 2009 I had a bone marrow transplant to cure a rare blood disorder.
Unfortunately, my only brother was not a match for me, so the Anthony Nolan Trust put out a worldwide search to find someone with my specific genetics, and a young man from America donated his stem cells to save my life.
This July marks my one year anniversary of the bone marrow transplant, and I am SO proud to be raising funds and awareness for Anthony Nolan, the UK's bone marrow charity, so that they can find matches for other people desperate for a heroic stranger.
If you are not on the bone marrow registry, PLEASE consider signing up today at anthonynolan.org.uk. It only takes a few minutes and you don't even have to give blood anymore - just spit! And if you are someone's match, it's NOT the painful procedure it was a few years ago - if you can tolerate giving blood, you can easily donate marrow, and you're back to normal in 3 weeks, having saved someone's life.
Unfortunately, genetic testing is not cheap and Anthony Nolan desperately need funds to type as many people as possible, especially men and those from ethnic minorities.
So please, please get on the registry if you can, and help me celebrate my own personal hero and remember my friends David, Vera, and Rob, who died last year from complications from their own bone marrow transplants.
Virgin Money Giving is a not for profit organisation and will claim gift aid on a charity's behalf where the donor is eligible for this. I really appreciate all your support and thank you for any donations.
UPDATE: Thank you so much to everyone who's donated and who have supoprted and cheered me on. I finished the race in 53:48, which was a whopping 7 minutes faster than my goal!! Have a look at the photo gallery on the right for fresh photos from the race, compliments of James.
Recent donors
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gal, adrian and jeanie £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 16.08.10 well done darling |
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Leslie in Austin £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 16.07.10 You are an inspiration, my sewing sister. Here's a little gift in honor of you and in hopes of finding a marrow donor for my friend's husband as well. |
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Paul £40.00 13.07.10 |
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Anonymous £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 13.07.10 Congratulations Melissa. What a fantastic acheivement. |
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Kim £5.00 12.07.10 Well done Melissa. |
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Marrowforums.org £10.00 12.07.10 One year and counting. Congratulations from Marrowforums! |
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Karen £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 11.07.10 Congratulations, Melissa. You are awesome! |
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Toby Wollin £20.00 11.07.10 You are an inspiration. |
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Anonymous £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 11.07.10 Well done chick, fab run watched you virtually, very impressive. Hx |
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Anonymous £90.00 (+ £25.38 giftaid) 10.07.10 Moving and humbling. Thank heavens and the human spirit for this happy ending. |
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Ness £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 09.07.10 Melissa you are a superstar - have a fab time on the run. Ness x |
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Adrian £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 09.07.10 Good luck you! |
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Liz and Alan £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 09.07.10 You're sensational. Go girl! xx |
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andym £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 08.07.10 Good luck with the weather! |
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Catherine £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 08.07.10 Good luck x |
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Anonymous £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 08.07.10 good luck on sunday, daveq in state51 |
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Pete Ingo £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 08.07.10 Good Luck!!! |
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starz £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 08.07.10 Anthony Nolan is saving my husband too! BMT 30/6/2010 |
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Leah (Delstor) £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 07.07.10 Melissa, I really admire you. It's truly inspirational that after only one year you're up and running again... and not only that, you're running 10K. That's amazing to me. Best of luck xx |
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Anonymous £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 07.07.10 Best of luck with the run :) |
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Jude and Phil £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 06.07.10 this is from Phil and i to cheer you along, Good luck Melissa x |
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Anonymous £5.00 (+ £1.41 giftaid) 06.07.10 |
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Nina £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 06.07.10 You go girl!! |
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Jamaica+Nikolaj+Veda+Mathilda £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 06.07.10 You've come a long way! Your recovery has been an inspiration, how amazing that you are running 10K just short of a year's passing. We will be cheering for you! |
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Sarah Litvinoff £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 06.07.10 You are so inspiring! And I'm so glad (selfishly) that you have recovered so that I got to meet you and know you! |
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Pip Lambert £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 06.07.10 Good Luck Melissa!!!! pip x |
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Anne & Jim £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 05.07.10 Good luck Melissa. Don't overdo it. |
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Anonymous £10.00 01.07.10 Thank you for your contributions to marrowforums, a great inspiration |
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Becky Rose £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 29.06.10 Hey Melissa, lots of luck with the run! Hope it goes well and well done for raising so much money for your charity. All the best xx |
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Anonymous £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 28.06.10 |
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A. £50.00 (+ £14.10 giftaid) 25.06.10 Good luck! |
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Brian & Sharon £25.00 22.06.10 Happy running, and best of luck! |
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Anne Frances £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 22.06.10 Good luck and here's to many many more years of happy running and sewing |
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Sue £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 20.06.10 Best of luck Melissa! xxx |
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Matthew, Emma and Grace £25.00 (+ £7.05 giftaid) 19.06.10 Wishing you the very best of luck!! |
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Anonymous £50.00 (+ £14.10 giftaid) 18.06.10 |
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Vyv + Isabella £30.00 (+ £8.46 giftaid) 15.06.10 Good luck Melissa! |
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Laura J £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 15.06.10 You rock hon! keep getting stronger and good luck for the run! |
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Caramel & Simon £50.00 (+ £14.10 giftaid) 15.06.10 Not only have we sponsored you... Si has signed up to be a donor too, just in time before his 40th birthday! (they rejected Caramel though - boo!) |
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Debs from York Hall £30.00 (+ £8.46 giftaid) 15.06.10 So proud of you - what an achievement after being ill! You are such an inspiration. I'm sure I speak for all the former early-morning circuit trainers! |
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Josh £50.00 15.06.10 Metric distances... metric money... I'm so confused! |
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Auntie Sharon £50.00 15.06.10 To your Rebirth Lis! Whether you run 1 km or 10, that you are running at all is a gift. Truly a time to celebrate! |
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Claire and Sean £50.00 (+ £14.10 giftaid) 14.06.10 Best of luck Melissa, hope you do well |
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Chris & Lou £30.00 (+ £8.46 giftaid) 14.06.10 Good luck Melissa! Will be thinking of you x |
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Luke Turner £30.00 (+ £8.46 giftaid) 14.06.10 Good luck Melissa! All those epic PlayLouder gym sessions will pay off xluke |
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Steve Fehr £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 06.05.10 |
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Mom & Dad £100.00 (+ £28.21 giftaid) 06.05.10 Great job! |
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Pip £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 06.05.10 |
Running total
- Target:
- £800.00
- Total raised incl. Gift Aid:
- £1,427.91
- Total donors:
- 48
- Biggest donor:
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Mom & Dad
£100.00 - Last donor:
- gal, adrian and jeanie 16.08.10
- Offline fundraising:
- £0.00
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