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May 2014
A Great Event and a Great Success That’s how the Anthony Nolan representative described the bonemarrow matching event held at the Nomads ground on the 9th of April. The object of the exercise was to try to find a match for John Sutherington, our local Borough and Parish Councillor. 43 new young donors agreed to “Spit for Sutty” and join the National Bone-marrow Register. The Anthony Nolan reps were particularly pleased that the majority of potential donors were lads. (Apparently, it’s usually the other way round, with girls being first to volunteer). Plus, they said that, in the last 3 weeks, they’ve had a 47% increase in online registration in the area, compared to this time last year. I was very pleased to see the great level of support for the event on the day. A lot of cake was consumed and the raffle was a great success.Plus Dan Greaves, the Paralympic Discus Silver Medallist was on hand to offer his support for the event. (Dan used to live in Anstey and his family still does). The photo above shows Dan on the right with (from left to right) Gemma (John’s daughter) Tamsin (John’s step grand-daughter) and Sarah Roulstone from Anthony Nolan. It was great to see that John’s family were there in force to support the event; (and they did eat a lot of cake!) The event raised over £500. But that wasn’t the end of it. Micky Wilkes and Trish Hopewell held a vinyl evening at the Nomads on the 11th and that also raised more donations. Hence, I’m pleased to report that a cheque for just under £600 has been sent to the Anthony Nolan organisation. Can I say a big Thank You to all of the volunteers who helped out at the event on the 9th. Plus we mustn’t forget the generosity of the Anstey Nomads for allowing us to use their facilities. Another very big Thank You to them. But the really good news is that a potential match has been found for John and he’ll be going into the Royal shortly to start the necessary procedures. So good luck to him and let’s all keep our fingers crossed that all goes well. Martin Broomhead - Chairman of Anstey Parish Council
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