Lucas Helps Yvette
Lucas Moon-Almaraz is having a party for his sixth birthday - but he doesn't want any presents.
He has asked his family and friends to give money instead to help Bedminster girl Yvette Gate, who is awaiting a life-saving bone marrow transplant.
Yvette, 11, has aplastic anaemia and her parents, Mary and David, have launched a fund to raise money for a trip to the Gambia to test more than 30 of her relatives for a bone marrow match.
Youngsters at St Ursula's High School in Westbury-on-Trym, where Lucas is a pupil, are supporting the appeal.
They have raised £250 so far through a variety of events organised by French teacher Madame Johnson, who is also Yvette's tutor.
These have included a mufti day, when pupils dressed as monsters, pirates, tigers, clowns, rabbits, dogs and princesses, and a disco, which Yvette was able to attend.
They are also planning a sale on Friday to boost the fund. A bone marrow testing session was held recently to try to find a match for Yvette - and raise awareness of the need for donors, There are lower numbers of people from ethnic minorities on the register, which means that it can be even harder to find a match. The clinic at the @Bristol centre was organised by the Anthony Nolan Trust.
Visitors were able to have a test and find out more about joining the bone marrow register.
Yvette was diagnosed two years ago in March. She has to visit hospital every week for transfusions of platelets and every month for red blood cells.
For details about fundraising events or to contribute to Yvette's Bone Marrow Fund visit http://www.yvettegate.co.uk. Cheques payable to Yvette Gate's Bone Marrow Campaign should be sent to PO Box 2538, Bristol BS3 9AR.
This article by Linda Tanner was first published in ‘The Bristol Evening Post’
Useful URL : http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk
He has asked his family and friends to give money instead to help Bedminster girl Yvette Gate, who is awaiting a life-saving bone marrow transplant.
Yvette, 11, has aplastic anaemia and her parents, Mary and David, have launched a fund to raise money for a trip to the Gambia to test more than 30 of her relatives for a bone marrow match.
Youngsters at St Ursula's High School in Westbury-on-Trym, where Lucas is a pupil, are supporting the appeal.
They have raised £250 so far through a variety of events organised by French teacher Madame Johnson, who is also Yvette's tutor.
These have included a mufti day, when pupils dressed as monsters, pirates, tigers, clowns, rabbits, dogs and princesses, and a disco, which Yvette was able to attend.
They are also planning a sale on Friday to boost the fund. A bone marrow testing session was held recently to try to find a match for Yvette - and raise awareness of the need for donors, There are lower numbers of people from ethnic minorities on the register, which means that it can be even harder to find a match. The clinic at the @Bristol centre was organised by the Anthony Nolan Trust.
Visitors were able to have a test and find out more about joining the bone marrow register.
Yvette was diagnosed two years ago in March. She has to visit hospital every week for transfusions of platelets and every month for red blood cells.
For details about fundraising events or to contribute to Yvette's Bone Marrow Fund visit http://www.yvettegate.co.uk. Cheques payable to Yvette Gate's Bone Marrow Campaign should be sent to PO Box 2538, Bristol BS3 9AR.
This article by Linda Tanner was first published in ‘The Bristol Evening Post’
Useful URL : http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk
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