Alexander was 19 when he signed up to join Strength to Give. Months after he joined, he was given the good news that he was a potential match for someone. To confirm the match, he gave a blood sample at a local clinic and said he felt empowered to have the ability to,...
On Nathan’s wall at home, he has a framed thank-you letter and artwork from the stem-cell recipient, passed on via Strength to Give. It’s his daily reminder of the incredible gift he gave a complete stranger. “It was quite a moving experience reading (the letter)...
Iain Stewart doesn’t have any family or friends affected by blood cancer, yet he didn’t hesitate to become a donor. “It was a spur of the moment decision,” Iain says, adding he simply “…thought it was a good thing to do.” When the then 30-year-old was called upon by...
Stewart explains what it was like to donate his bone marrow to a paediatric patient About 13-14 years ago I went in to give blood at the Red Cross blood bank but due to a recent tattoo I wasn’t allowed to. I was asked if I would consider going on the registry,...
I first found out about Strength to Give in my local Blood Donation Centre while attending my usual blood/plasma donation appointment. There was a poster displayed on the wall, and I asked my nurse about the organisation. I wanted to join the Australian Bone Marrow...
I joined Strength to Give after my sister, who is a doctor, signed up when she was doing a blood donation and encouraged me to do the same. It seemed like a pretty easy thing to do and had the potential to help someone that really needed it, with very little effort on...
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