Please help us find a match for Maggie

We are asking for your help!

Our beautiful Maggie Banyard is in Sydney Children’s Hospital with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and urgently needs a stem cell transplant. It’s a race against time looking for a near ‘perfect match’ from anywhere in the world through the international stem cell registry. It could be anyone – regardless of gender, blood type etc. It could be you. To give Maggie – and all the other blood cancer patients in desperate need – the best chance of finding their match, we urgently need to get thousands more people on that database.

Thank you,

The Banyard Family

Did you know that 1/3 of blood donations help people with cancer? Please click the attached links and if you can help, please get in touch with us.

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP IN THE UK & US

REGISTER FOR A FREE SWAB TEST: It takes one minute to fill out an online form to check your eligibility and register for a free swab kit. For those aged 16-30, register through Anthony Nolan and for those aged 30-55, registration is best through DKMS. The US takes registration for 18 – 35 year olds here.

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP IN AUS & NZ

BOOK TO DONATE BLOOD: Check your eligibility and book a blood donation appointment. Australia and New Zealand take donations from healthy 18-35 adults. Make sure you ask to join the Bone Marrow Donor Registry at your appointment.

CE QUE VOUS POUVEZ FAIRE POUR AIDER EN FRANCE ET EN SUISSE

INSECRIVEZ-VOUS POUR RECEVOIR UN KIT DE TEST GRATUIT : Remplir le formulaire en ligne ne prend qu’une minute. Il vous permettra de connaître votre éligibilité et de commander un kit de test qui sera livré chez vous. Si vous habitez en France, commandez ici. Si vous habitez en Suisse, commandez ici.

OTHER COUNTRIES

If you live in a country not listed above, find out the registration facility in your country here.

TAKE A SELFIE

We’d love you to send a selfie of you with your swab stick or at your blood donation appointment to info@match4maggie.com. We will be building an artwork for Maggie from the pixel photos we get from all you.

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SHARE THE MISSION

Use your global network to grow the global database. We can all do a small part to match Maggie with a match. Please share and get involved.

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The Truth About Stem Cell Donation

In 90% of cases, stem cell donation involves ‘giving blood’, much as you would as a blood donor. You’ll be in and out of the collection centre within a day. In 10% of cases the stem cells need to be extracted directly from the hip bone by inserting a needle into the bonder under a general anaesthetic. This would involve an overnight in hospital, but NO scalpels are involved! Either way, it’s a simple risk-free procedure that will directly save someone’s life.

This is a global mission!

We need your help: Only 4% of registered donors are males aged 18-35. 80% of Australian patients receive a donation from an overseas donor. Only 30% of patients find a match within their family and 70% need to find an unrelated donor through the Australian Bone Marrow Transplant Donor Registry.

Together, we all have the strength to give and find a match for Maggie

“Young men make particularly important donors – as they often weigh more, they literally have more to give. Ethnic diversity is also important as patients are more likely to find a match with a donor from the same ethnic background.”

“30% of patients find a match within their family. 70% need to find an unrelated donor through the Donor Registry”

Please help us find a match for Maggie⚬

Send us a message

“Register today to become a potential bone marrow/stem cell donor!”