Two days ago, the wonderful Fišić family from Novi Travnik visited us. Their daughter, 17 year old Martina, who is fighting her own battle with acute leukemia, sent us this mail which we simply have to share with you:

Thanks to all of you who have joined the Registry of voluntary bone marrow and stem cells donors, given blood samples for tissue typing, and have financially contributed to the development of the Registry, today we have 4,553 tissue typed samples. 

Today we were overflowing with emotions at Štarkelj Auto Salon as we returned the Renault Traffic which Mr. Štarkelj had lent us for the purpose of organizing actions to join the Registry. Without the donation of the van, in which we passed 44,303 km all around Croatia, it would have been difficult to successfully carry out 160 actions in some 90 locations. It has been extremely tough on us because we were reminded of all the wonderful people who helped to organize our actions and the lines of people who wished to join the first Croatian Registry of voluntary bone marrow and stem cell donors.

Marija Rukavina, the director of the Ana Rukavina Foundation, accepted another worthy award yesterday on behalf of the Foundation. The recognition of “Person of the Dialogue – Person of the Year” is given by the Croatian Academic Society Split – Man Above All, a non-profit organization whose principal goal is to promote Christian values and thus to contribute to the prosperity of society and individuals. The Society has recognized the Foundation as an organization which contributes to the quality of life in Croatia. 

The Croatian Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the Ana Rukavina Foundation organized a picnic at Bundek on Saturday June 14th to thank all the voluntary donors and those people who have financially contributed to support the work of the Foundation.

Yesterday at the Emerald Ballroom of The Regent Esplanade Hotel, the Ana Rukavina Foundation and Millenium Promotion received awards from the Croatian Public Relations Association for the project to expand the Registry of voluntary bone marrow donors and the stem cell bank. 

On Saturday, June 7th, we were guests at the celebration of the 7th anniversary of Pevec Transport, the 1st anniversary of Pevec Radio and the 18th anniversary of the company Pevec. The hosts, Višnja and Zdravko Pevec, organized the get-together in the beautiful surroundings of their family estate in Srednji Mosti. It was a first-class celebration with an exceptionally rich gastronomic offer. An especially prominent part of the entertainment program was the performance by the hostess, Višnja, who showed her enviable vocal range. 

At the request of Mrs. Snježana Guzanić, the mother of the late Igor Horvat, the funds that were raised for his treatment were donated to the Ana Rukavina Foundation.