When Matt “Biff” Thompson’s Mum needed a blood stem cell transplant to cure her cancer, he did not hesitate to join the blood stem cell donor registry in the hope that he could maybe save someone’s life one day too.
However, he was shocked that it wasn’t a particularly easy process and after realising that there was a better way to join through the use of mouth cheek swabs, he was determined to make sure that Australia changed the way we recruit blood stem cell donors.
Biff has recently completed “The 2050”, an incredible feat that saw him run 50km every day for 20 days to raise awareness on this important issue! Why “20-50”? Because we need 20,000 people per year to join the stem cell donor registry for the 50 people who are diagnosed with blood cancer every day.
To support Biff, he is asking everyone to email our health minsters about this important issue and sign the petition (links found below and QR codes available on the fact sheet).