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Got a spare fiver? Please help raise awareness for bone-marrow donation and Anthony Nolan by donating whatever you can - you could win a legendary MN blanket!

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HelenMumsnet · 13/01/2012 13:24

Hello. We know many of you have been posting on misdee's thread about expat's DD Aillidh, who has leukaemia, and you have been doing sterling work to raise aware for the Antony Nolan register, and for bone-marrow and cord-blood donation.

Many of you have also been posting questions for the Antony Nolan team on our Q&A thread (answers coming soon).

And now the lovely, lovely MN blanket-makers have offered to donate one of their legendary blankets, in Aillidh's name, to prod us all to do more to help raise awareness of Anthony Nolan.

You can see some of the gorgeous blankets the MN "Woolly Wonders" have made before here.

So here's the plan...

We have created a Just Giving page, where anyone who wants to (that's all of you, though, right? Smile) can go to donate whatever you can manage to Anthony Nolan.

Anyone who posts on this thread (hopefully about having just visited the Just Giving page - but also about other stuff, too) will be entered into a draw to win the blanket.

We can't make donating a condition of entering the draw (for legal reasons), and we won't check who has or hasn't donated before we pick the winner, but we hope most of you will want to donate a little something - and that the chance of winning such a beautiful handmade MN-y prize will make you feel even more warm and lovely inside when you do.

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lisad123 · 14/01/2012 17:00

The money is so helpful. Each testing kit costs money, each sample to be dealt on and recorded cost money, to get people to donate cost money. Thank you to mn for this, expat for raising awareness and here's hoping loads of matches come out of this, especially expats dd Smile

SpikeInTheBasement · 14/01/2012 16:58

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fatcaaah · 14/01/2012 16:01

Have just registered.

Thanks for giving me the kick up the bum to do it.

HelenMumsnet · 14/01/2012 15:34

@missorinoco

Sorry, haven't been on MN much recently and missed Missdee's thread.

No problem. Nice to see you back! Smile

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GColdtimer · 14/01/2012 14:34

Am on the register already but will spread the word. Will also go and donate.

And well done to all you creative MNers who make the blankets.

missorinoco · 14/01/2012 13:49

Sorry, haven't been on MN much recently and missed Missdee's thread.

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MotherPanda · 14/01/2012 10:03

Fantastic idea - love mumsnet for things like this.

RustyBear · 14/01/2012 09:15

Sadly too old to go on the register, but have donated and tried to pass the word around to everyone I can.

ILikeToMoveItMoveIt · 14/01/2012 08:47

What a great idea. This push on people joining the register and the money being raised has the potential to help Aillidh and many other people.

SucksToBeMe · 14/01/2012 02:29

My AN pack came through today,sent my sample off this afternoon. x

SleepingWithGhosts · 13/01/2012 23:45

Am on the register and have made a donation through just giving.

Excellent cause to support!

If my name is chosen for the prize please send the blanket to Allidh.

HelenMumsnet · 13/01/2012 22:57

MrsShrek, you beat me to it. I was just about to post the same thing!

And a big thank you to all those who've donated money this evening Thanks

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MrsShrekTheThird · 13/01/2012 22:54

just for info, for those who haven't heard...
there is already a blanket well on its way for Aillidh :)
(but also a lovely idea from those who would want a 'prize' one sent to the family!)

KnitterNotTwitter · 13/01/2012 22:46

I'd definitely encourage people to register to be a bone marrow donor too - and if you have any male friends please encourage them too...! Men are apparently much less likely to be on the Anthony Nolan register and Men from ethnic minorities even less so.

Getting on the register is very easy - just a quick mouth swab these days and then that's it. If you ever matched someone who needed your bone marrow cells you do still get a chance to opt out.

MustControlFistOfDeath · 13/01/2012 22:35

Donated, as others have said if I win I'd like to donate the blanky to Aillidh.

Lilymaid · 13/01/2012 22:30

Have made a donation of money - too old for bone marrow unfortunately. Hope the MN campaign will benefit many people and that Aillidh gets her match and will soon be on her way to recovery.

lisad123 · 13/01/2012 22:16

They could back the wool with cotton.

starsandmars · 13/01/2012 22:01

I wondered that too, lisad123 or we could make a cotton one which would be soft against her skin.

lisad123 · 13/01/2012 21:34

Can't we send the blanket to Aillidh please? Have donated loads previously and am on the register too.

MmeLindor. · 13/01/2012 20:58

What a great idea. Will donate when I get home and sign up for the register when we move to Scotland.

giraffesCanGoFirstFootingOnNYE · 13/01/2012 20:14

no prob. Just been up to hosp and saw the lovely Aillidh :)

MissPenteuth · 13/01/2012 20:13

I'm not able to register as a bone marrow donor (latex allergy) but have donated on Justine's page. Glad to hear that the blanket is being 'raffled' for such a great cause as well. I've seen the blanket (when it wasn't quite finished) and some of the finished ones, and they are simply stunning. So much hard work and love knitted into them.

HelenMumsnet · 13/01/2012 20:11

@giraffesCanGoFirstFootingOnNYE

Can I just point out Aillidh is spelled with 2 L not one. :) It is a different spelling to Eilidh, same pronounciation though

So expats dd is AILLIDH :)

Thanks, giraffes. We (I Blush) left out one of the 'l's on the Just Giving page: have just sorted.

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Milliways · 13/01/2012 20:04

I joined the register years ago (thankfully as too old now!).

Don't forget to tell them if you move though! I was asked for further samples some years back as nearly a match, and the new owners of my old house drove the letter around to us. Apparently the trust had to write to them and ask if they had a forwarding address as they are not on the usual list of Utility Bills & Banks that you automatically tell.

Great cause :)

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