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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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KnottyLocks · 13/01/2012 13:56

Er, Helen, no need to enter me in the draw Grin

RatherBeOnThePiste · 13/01/2012 13:55

Here I am! Now off to Just Giving, this is a marvellous idea x

KnottyLocks · 13/01/2012 13:54

So no new blanket sign up thread.

GlaikitFizzog · 13/01/2012 13:54

Done! DH's test kit has arrived today and I am already on the register. Such a good cause that often gets overlooked. Hope we reach the target! :)

KnottyLocks · 13/01/2012 13:53

Minnie, I have quite a pile of spares from the previous blankets so no new ones needed. Thanks for the offer though Smile

MinnieBar · 13/01/2012 13:52

Is this an existing blanket or is another one needed? I can contribute a square or two (am already on the BM register) but I can't see a thread if it's a new one. Smile

KnottyLocks · 13/01/2012 13:50
Smile

The blanket is being made from spare squares left over from the Blanket projects, so no need to volunteer to knit or crochet this time. Thanks.

Bicnod · 13/01/2012 13:47

Done Thanks MNHQ - good call to do this :)

I tried to sign up to be a donor with Anthony Nolan a while back but I'm not eligible unfortunately - I'd encourage other MNers to look into it as well (here)

PippiLongBottom · 13/01/2012 13:45

I'm donating myself...kinda. I have registered today to be a donor. Does that count?

wannaBe · 13/01/2012 13:32

ah excellent ... stickyfied... :)

HelenMumsnet · 13/01/2012 13:31

Already done Smile

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wannaBe · 13/01/2012 13:29

sticky please helen?

:)

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