Westmount Collegiate Institute’s 5th Annual OneMatch Swab Event

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:

Communications@yrdsb.ca

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