Raising awareness about the Australian Bone Marrow Donation Registry's Strength to Give campaign #iammalifesaver
Melbourne, Australia
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Great news - swabs are back...and this story shows why we need them. Go to strengthtogive.org.au
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EXCITING NEWS!! Swab Registration is back! Swab your cheek. Send it back. Save a life. Head to Strengthtogive.org.au to order your cheek swab kit and register as a blood stem cell donor. You can save a life #strength2give #bloodcancer @urthecure @strength2give
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Thanks @spenderallegra & @BobKatterPM for caring enough about people accessing bone marrow transplants to speak out in support of getting funding back for cheek swab registration for donors. This will save lives. @strength2give @ur_the_cure
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Great story on @triplej about how young people can join the bone marrow donor registry and save lives 👏
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For more information go to abmdr.org.au
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Thanks to @Mon4Kooyong for continuing to raise awareness of the need to fund swab registration, thereby bolstering numbers on the bone marrow donor registry (ABMDR) and helping to save lives See this Instagram video by @mon4kooyong instagram.com/reel/Cpef4JKqU…
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Thank you @channel10au for highlighting this issue. We can't wait to hear how the cheek swab program can be expedited. But Liam @lifesavinglist and many others need a match now so if you’re aged 18-35 add your name to the stem cell register when giving blood 💙@lifebloodau
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Great news. I hope swab registration will be back soon. We have 500 people who have registered their interest in joining the registry when the swabs are back. That is a life-saving number! Thanks @Bobkatter and to @Mark_Butler_MP
Great!! news to wake up to - @Mark_Butler_MP finally breaks the bureaucratic deadlock on bone marrow donation in Aus, in response to sustained advocacy. Thanks to @Bobkatter for the question & to @Mon4Kooyong for help #bmtsm
#auspol #advocacywin @marrow #qt
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A prescient reminder of the woeful underfunding of the Australian bone marrow donor registry - please sign up if you are 18-35 & please write to your local MP to ask for urgent action on this issue! #bmtsm #hemetwitter @Mark_Butler_MP @gedkearney
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Article in today’s @westaustralian @perthnow @7NewsPerth - please retweet to spread the word! @Mark_Butler_MP @gedkearney the registry needs funding urgently.
We're taking a break until Feb 2023 but are still working on getting funding for swab registration. Register your interest to become a potential stem cell donor via our website or sign up through @lifebloodau . Thanks for your support! 🥰
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💚Hero of the Week! Thank you, Oz!💙
"The last few days I have been in Seattle after a 2-year journey with @bethematch to donate my stem cells to a patient I have not met..."
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💚Hero of the Week! Thanks for being a 2 time donor JP!💙
"4 years ago, I received a message saying that I was a possible match for a little boy... We were a perfect match! Seeing you celebrate your 10th birthday is everything that we could’ve prayed for..."
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How can you sign up to be a potential stem cell donor while the swab program is on pause?
Just book yourself in for a blood donation with @lifebloodau and ask about blood stem cell donation.
To find out more go to
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💙Hero of the Week! Thank you, Crystal!💚
"I received amazing news yesterday that my stem cells were transfused successfully to a cancer patient in need! 💙💚 You might be able to save a life too!"
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"After seeing a loved one going through it first hand, when I got the letter it was no doubt something that I was going to do." – Casey
In July Casey was told by DKMS he was a match. His donation gave someone a second chance at life❤️
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Don't forget while the Swab program is on hold you can still help people out by donating blood and even signing up to the a potential Stem Cell Donor via @lifebloodau. Red blood cells only last 42 days. Australia needs over 1.7 million donations every year that's 3 every minute
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"It means a lot for me being able to help another person to have a second chance at life".
Meet Cristina nurse, wife & Mum! Less than a year after joining the blood stem cell register, she found out she was someone's perfect match.
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The Leukaemia Foundations annual Light the Night was a few weeks ago and we wanted to share our AMM Ambassador, Mark's, photo of this event. @lightthenightau is for everyone affected or touched by blood cancer. Such a beautiful ceremony that offers hope & care to so many.
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Mark had his own stem cells transplanted back to him. Now he's running to raise awareness for people with who don’t have this option and have to search for a match from a stranger on the stem cell registry!
Keep smashing it, Mark!
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