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Let me tell you about a chap i've been speaking to just lately about organ donation education. His name is Keith Sudbury and his son Adrian campaigned exhaustively for more organ donors and for organ donor education. Adrian had Leukaemia and received a bone marrow transplant but sadly lost his battle in 2008.

Adrian's dad Keith went on to start Register & Be a Lifesaver(R&Be) and not long after began delivering presentations about blood, bone marrow and organ donation in schools just as Adrian had wished. R&BE is now funded and run by Anthony Nolan, the worlds first stem cell donation register and the UK’s first dedicated cord blood bank, in partnership with the NHSBT.

Before I go any further i'll explain why i'm going into detail. For a while now i've been looking for ways to get more schools to teach our young adults about organ donation, and blood and bone marrow, and so far have been hitting my head against a brick wall with regards to schools local to me. I looked at starting a project myself then realised i'm not the greatest public speaker in the world. When i stumbled across R&Be I decided that, with the amazing followers and friends Donna's Dream has, we could help fund projects like this through various kinds of events and fundraisers. Don't forget, last year we raised over £8.5k for organ donation related charities in the UK without even breaking a sweat. OK, so maybe a couple of us did, but that's besides the point!

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