Glenside Lions have donated $1000 to the Australian Lions Cord Blood Foundation. A District Project of 201V5 and since the Multiple District Convention in Queensland in 2006 the Foundation continues as a Category B Project until June 2020.
The cost of retrieval, testing and storage of a single successful cord has risen to $4,000+. Over the past 23 years, the Foundation has raised in excess of $2.3M for the Fight Cancer Foundation (formerly – Bone Marrow Donor Institute) for distribution to the Cord Blood Banks and shall continue to support them through 2020 and beyond with your Club’s ongoing support.
Some of these funds have been allocated to Improving the quality of samples which extends to the great expansion in the application of stem cells derived from cord blood samples to treat other diseases, for people of all ages, such as those affecting the heart, liver, nerve, muscle, lung and pancreas. $130,000 per annum has been allocated to this and other research over the past few years.
