SUNDAY is National Bandana Day.
The Sunflower Fund encourages the public to buy a sunflower bandana from their nearest Pick n Pay or local Round Table and wear it to show their support towards the brave fight that cancer patients face on a daily basis when they lose their hair from chemotherapy treatment.
As a parent, all we wish for our children is for them to grow up happy, healthy and to achieve their goals.
Just imagine if one day one receives that devastating diagnosis that one’s child has a life-threatening blood disorder such as leukemia.
All dreams are immediately shattered and the world becomes a dark, scary place filled with incredible emotion, terror and sheer helplessness.
For once a parent’s ever faithful ‘fix it’ band aid or comforting kiss cannot make things better.
The reality for countless patients is the uncertainty of what the future holds as their dreams and aspirations are placed on hold. For many patients their only hope of survival is to receive a much needed bone marrow stem cell transplant.
You could be their only hope. For R25, buy your brightly coloured sunflower bandana and contribute towards saving a life.
Funds raised through Bandana Day go towards paying for the tissue typing (DNA) tests for new donors to join The South African Bone Marrow Registry (SABMR). This offers patients the hope of finding a life-saving donor match.
For more information on Bandana Day or how to become a donor, call the toll-free line on 0800 12 10 82 or visit www.sunflowerfund.org.za.
