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Mrs Janet Short receives a cheque for £1000 for the Anthony Nolan Trust from Squadron Leader ‘Rem’ Merrick, a member of RAF Marham’s Charities Committee.

RAF Marham gives Anthony Nolan Trust a £1,000 shot in the arm

After a very successful clinic held at RAF Marham to promote the Anthony Nolan Trust, which resulted in over 80 personnel joining the Volunteers’ Bone Marrow Register. The Station’s Charity Committee voted to donate £1000 to the Trust. The aim of the Trust is to support the thousand people, a year, who are diagnosed with fatal marrow diseases and their own hope of survival is a blood cell transplant from a volunteer who shares the same tissue type.

Mrs Janet Short, who’s own son died of the disease, has been the catalyst in organising support for the Trust at RAF Marham. On receiving the cheque from Squadron Leader ‘Rem’ Merrick, a member of the Station’s Charities Committee, Janet said, “This generous amount given by RAF Marham’s Charities Committee was a great surprise. However, it has certainly boosted our coffers. At present, we are on target to raise £2500 by Christmas. If anyone is interested in joining the volunteer Bone Marrow Register, they can contact myself on 01760 337261, Ext 6292, for more details.”

This weekend Mrs Short’s son Chris and two of his friends, Lee Brigland and Ben Green undertook a sponsored bike ride and raised a further £158.

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