Across the week of 5-9th April, Marrow groups across the country are going to take on personal challenges, as part of National Marrow's Challenge Championship, raising money for Anthony Nolan. 

In the past few weeks, I have been following the couch to 5k app, and on the 6th of April, I will be running my first EVER 5k, followed by 5 more 5ks, along routes that will spell out the word MARROW.

Pretty much anyone who knows me, has probably been asked to donate money to Anthony Nolan before. But everyone who knows me, also knows that I hate running with a passion, and have always avoided it at all costs. I am the type of person that is proud of being able to run for 5 minutes straight. So this will be a big challenge for me, and hopefully one that you will deem worthwhile donating to. 

For a bit of context:

Marrow is the student-run branch of Anthony Nolan, a national charity that runsthe UK stem cell register. We recruit potential donors to the register, in the hopethat they’ll one day be a match for someone with blood cancer in need of alifesaving stem cell transplant. We also do important fundraising for AnthonyNolan, to allow them to carry out their groundbreaking research and support patients and their families.

It costs Anthony Nolan £40 to sign someone onto the register, so this is whereyour donations come in! Even small donations help contribute to more lives beingsaved. I would be very grateful if you would consider donating to this incredibly worthwhile cause by sponsoring my challenge, or, if you cannot donate, consider sharing this post.

Finally, if you cannot donate at this point, but are between the age of 16 and 30and in good health, I urge you to sign up to the register (it only takes 5 minutes and I'd be happy to discuss any questions you might have about the process) via AnthonyNolan.org/Marrow.

Thank you so much to everyone who is helping me save lives!