Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation

 

The Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation is a small charitable foundation that raises money for leukaemia research and provides support to people undergoing leukaemia treatment.

For more than fifteen years the Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation has financed the Australian Bone Marrow Recipient Register, a unit employing three health professionals who collect, collate and distribute transplant patient data across 37 hospitals in Australia and New Zealand, consolidating this information into an annual report that is used for reference purposes by contributing hospitals, drug companies and other relevant persons in the field.

In past years the Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation, with funds donated from the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic, has provided financial support to PhD students in the St. Vincent’s Institute researching Graft Versus Host Disease, the major cause of death in post transplant patients. Funding a Senior Research Scientist in the Haematology / Stem Cell Transplant Unit, St Vincent’s Hospital is the Arrow’s newest research initiative.

Leukaemia patients can also use the Foundation’s internet facilities to undertake their own research, monitor trends and developments in research or speak to other patients through the Foundation’s chat line facility.

The Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation is run by a volunteer board of directors who manage the Foundation, with day to day activities being undertaken by a part-time executive officer.

Representatives from Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation will be available at the sales tent on Race Day if you would like further information.

You can also obtain information on the Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation from their web site: www.arrow.org.au.