Bone Marrow and Stem Cells
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If you have joined the Bone Marrow Registry add yourself to the "I Joined" list and let others know you have made a difference.
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Here are the last few people that signed the guestbook:
I Joined!
Richard Richmond
London, ON
Joined 2011 (1 year)
"Registered in US Gift of Life Registry. The Canadian one will not accept individuals with asthma requiring occassional use of puffers."
John
Hamilton, ONTARIO
Joined 1990 (22 years)
"After more than 10 yrs on the list, I just got called as a match. Can't wait to be the chance that someone needed:)"
Lisa Arlotti
Tecumseh , ONTARIO
Joined 2011 (1 year)
Jill McAllister
Three Hills, ALBERTA
Joined 2000 (12 years)
"I joined afew years ago... I would be so proud to help a family in need!"
seth quiring
merlin, ON
Joined 2011 (1 year)
"loved it"
a complete list.
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In The News
The Windsor Star
November 6, 2010
Windsor girl inspired Bone Marrow Awarenss bill
In this photo from 2006, Joanne and Bryan Bedard, along with son Bryan, remember daughter Katelyn, 3, who died of leukemia a year earlier.
WINDSOR, Ont. -- Katelyn Bedard may have died at age three from leukemia, but she will be forever remembered as the Windsor girl who inspired Bone Marrow Awareness Month.
It took three times to get legislation passed to spotlight the issue, but on Thursday the Ontario Legislature unanimously dedicated November for bone marrow awareness, Essex MPP Bruce Crozier said of his private member's bill.
"The reason we did this was to bring awareness up," Crozier said. "The bigger the registry, the better the chance for a match. My feeling is there is a match out there some place."
Crozier isn't in the registry because potential donors must be at least 17 years old, but younger than 50, and the MPP surpasses the age limit.
Katelyn died before she could find a match from a bone marrow donor.
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