February 9, 2010
September 2008: SA4L partners with OneMatch, the Canadian Marrow/Stem Cell Network to run onsite swab events to register new donors. It was hardly publicized and seen as a test case.
December 2009: OneMatch announces gay Canadian men can register as stem cell donors.
February 2010: More progress. Not one drive but multiple drives on the same day. However OneMatch still doesn't have their social media skills honed and this happening is on their Facebook page, but not even listed in their media releases or anywhere on their official website. Let's show them how to get this thing done.
On Wednesday, February 10, OneMatch and partnering student groups will be organizing three separate swab events at each of the University of Toronto Campuses (Mississauga, Scarborough and Downtown) to increase the number of potential donors on the OneMatch stem cell and marrow network.
You can also set up a reminder for Wednesday on Facebook, and invite friends to inform them:
Mississauga campus http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=288240747348
St. George campus http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=256698359143
Scarborough campus http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=283035336517
If you live in the GTA and can show up in person, great! You can also register online and have a kit sent to your home: www.onematch.ca > click Join
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NOT REGISTERED? You don't have to register at this event, but you can go and learn about the issue with no pressure to join.
CAN'T REGISTER? First, make sure you really can't. Some people who cannot donate blood can be stem cell donors, and vice versa. It's OK if you are still ineligible, you can still tell people and spread the word.
ALREADY REGISTERED? Please tell another friend you are and why you did it.
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MORE INFO...
The most likely match for another person is someone of the same or a similar ethnic background. More than 1 in 3 black Canadians live in the Greater Toronto Area. There are about 1450 people on the registry who are Black. We need about 77000 to 80000 to be on the Canadian registry. Even 10000 would be a great start.
No matter what your background, you can be the one match to save a life.
You could be the match to save someone’s life!
December 2009: OneMatch announces gay Canadian men can register as stem cell donors.
February 2010: More progress. Not one drive but multiple drives on the same day. However OneMatch still doesn't have their social media skills honed and this happening is on their Facebook page, but not even listed in their media releases or anywhere on their official website. Let's show them how to get this thing done.
On Wednesday, February 10, OneMatch and partnering student groups will be organizing three separate swab events at each of the University of Toronto Campuses (Mississauga, Scarborough and Downtown) to increase the number of potential donors on the OneMatch stem cell and marrow network.
You can also set up a reminder for Wednesday on Facebook, and invite friends to inform them:
Mississauga campus http://www.facebook.com/ev
St. George campus http://www.facebook.com/ev
Scarborough campus http://www.facebook.com/ev
If you live in the GTA and can show up in person, great! You can also register online and have a kit sent to your home: www.onematch.ca > click Join
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NOT REGISTERED? You don't have to register at this event, but you can go and learn about the issue with no pressure to join.
CAN'T REGISTER? First, make sure you really can't. Some people who cannot donate blood can be stem cell donors, and vice versa. It's OK if you are still ineligible, you can still tell people and spread the word.
ALREADY REGISTERED? Please tell another friend you are and why you did it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MORE INFO...
The most likely match for another person is someone of the same or a similar ethnic background. More than 1 in 3 black Canadians live in the Greater Toronto Area. There are about 1450 people on the registry who are Black. We need about 77000 to 80000 to be on the Canadian registry. Even 10000 would be a great start.
No matter what your background, you can be the one match to save a life.
You could be the match to save someone’s life!
Labels: Canada, minority donors, OneMatch, swab events
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