News Release
4/11/2018
OneMatch provides assistance nationally and internationally in searching for an unrelated blood stem cell/marrow donor. Students will take part in a swabbing event to support patients who require stem cell transplants.
Where:
Westmount Collegiate Institute
1000 New Westminster Drive
Thornhill
When:
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
10:00 a.m. - noon
Why:
Fewer than 25 percent of patients who need stem cell transplants find a compatible donor in their own family. The rest rely on those who have volunteered to donate stem cells to anyone in need.
Who:
Westmount Collegiate Institute students and staff.
For more information contact:
Sheri Epstein
Principal, Westmount Collegiate Institute
Tel: 905-882-0277
Email: sheri.epstein@yrdsb.ca