May 29, 2014
Students from the Granite Ridge Education Centre, assisted staff member Shelley Bertrim with the two-day Returns For Leukemia bottle drive that took place on May 24 and 25 at the Beer Store in Sharbot Lake to raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada. The annual event, which takes place every May, was organized by the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 12R24 in partnership with the Beer Store.
The drive invited shoppers to donate their empties, with 100% of the funds going directly to the society. The society is also looking for donors for bone marrow transplants. The test involves a simple cheek swab and potential donors are initially asked to give a transfusion that is similar to making a blood donation.
For more information on the steps involved in being a donor or to register online go to www.onematch.ca. For those who missed the drive you can still make a monetary donation by visiting bottledrive.ca
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