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- If you are between the ages of 17 and 50 years old, in general good health and have provincial health coverage and willing to donate to any patient in need you could be the one to save someones life.
- Bring your Alberta Health Care Card
- Do not eat or drink 30 minutes prior to registering
- You will fill out an informal consent form and then have your cheek swabbed
- The entire process takes only 20 minutes
- We will have drinks and treats available for when you are done your registration
If you are a match to someone, the stem cell/bone marrow donation process is in most cases similar to donating blood.
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I copied this from a piece of paper my mom printed out for me.
So tomorrow between 1-6 PM this will run in the St. James Elementary & Jr. High School. 2227 - 58 Avenue S.W. (a few blocks behind Central Memorial School)
You can read about Noel here..
http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alber.../15553746.html
http://thepeterboroughexaminer.com/A...aspx?e=2783163
He's in need of a Bone Marrow transplant, they have looked through 63 data bases in 42 countries and they have yet to find a match because of the lack of registered donors.
Ill be attending tomorrow, if you have the chance, I hope you will also attend.