To all Burnley supporters.
Looking forward to Saturday! Dons supporters would like to welcome you to join us in a community initiative
to encourage football fans to support this worthwhile charity. On this occasion it is not your money we require.
It is a commitment to join the Register of Donors, and to be prepared to give bone marrow if and when a match is made.
The Mayor of Merton, who is a staunch Burnley supporter, is to visit the session at 1.00pm with the Lady Mayoress.
This will be a great photo-op for your local papers and will raise the profile of Burnley FC and its loyal fans, off
the field. Please contact me for further details, or turn up on the day.
At this time of year, the thoughts of many of us go out to those who are bereaved or whose family or friends have
received news of illness or injury of loved ones.
In most cases all we can offer is support and encouragement. For one particular group, though, there is a positive
action that many of us can take which will give hope for a chance to restore a long and fulfilling life.
Every year over 4,000 people in the UK have their life shattered by devastating news - that they have leukaemia.
For many patients without a family match, volunteer bone marrow donors offer the only chance of life.
Football supporters are a perfect group from which potential donors can be drawn. The primary deficit in the
register of potential donors is males, 18-43 years old, and in good health. Individuals from ethnic and racial minorities are particularly required, due to a severe shortage.
The perfect time to bring together this group is, of course, matchday, in the hours before kick-off.
A donor session has been organised on behalf of the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust. It is booked for
The Thomas Farley, High Street, Thornton Heath on Saturday 12 January 2002 from 11.30am to 2.30pm
(Wimbledon v Burnley).
If anyone is interested in joining the register of potential Bone Marrow Donors and giving a blood sample on
Saturday 12 January 2002, please contact Tim Hillyer on 07932 317044.
For more information, visit the Trust’s website at
