Support Miles4Marrow paddler
Support paddler, Danielle Barrie-Smith as she takes on the 75Miles4Marrow Dusi Canoe Marathon campaign.
PADDLER, Danielle Barrie-Smith, will take on the epic Dusi Canoe Marathon next month, paddling in support of The Sunflower Fund.
The Dusi Canoe Marathon is the biggest canoeing event on the African continent and one of the world’s most popular river marathons and covers roughly between 120km (75 miles) between Pietermaritzburg and Durban through some of the most challenging canoeing terrain. In this true test of physical endurance, Danielle is challenging all other canoeists attempting the Dusi 2015 to join in her efforts of raising much-needed awareness and funds for The Sunflower Fund.
The Sunflower Fund is the only organisation in South Africa to actively educate and recruit potential bone marrow stem cell donors for inclusion on the South African Bone Marrow Registry (SABMR) to give hope to patients diagnosed with leukaemia and other life-threatening blood disorders who are searching for their 1 in 100 000 bone marrow stem cell match.
It is unlikely that a patient’s match will be found outside their ethnic background which presents a huge logistical and financial challenge to The Sunflower Fund in building and maintaining an ethnically diverse registry representative of the South African population. It is through fundraising and awareness campaigns such as the 75Miles4Marrow Dusi Canoe Marathon campaign that The Sunflower Fund, with the help of community champions like Danielle, can carry out their good work.
If you would like to sponsor Danielle, financial contributions can be made in favour of The Sunflower Fund, ABSA Tokai (632005), A/c: 4051834719 with the reference DBNM4M74 + your full name.
For more information on this campaign and The Sunflower Fund, contact Allison Naidoo on 031 266 1148 or email allison@sunflowerfund.org.za
