At the action to join the Registry of voluntary bone marrow donors, which was held on August 26th in Split at Prokurative, there were 105 new potential donors of bone marrow and stem cells that gave blood samples to be tissue typed.
This was the fifth action that was held in the City of Split, and 200 volunteers participated in the part of the multi-day event that was organized by the Association of Secondary Schools in Split and the European Youth Parliament of the City of Split under the name “When little hands get together, there is no stopping Split”.
On the same day, the representatives of the Foundation were greeted by the deputy prefect of Split-Dalmatia County, Visko Haladić. After of the reception at the county, the Foundation’s representatives were greeted by the deputy mayor, Anđelka Visković. The founder of the Foundation, Marija Rukavina, gave a thank you letter to the deputy mayor and the deputy prefect of the county on behalf of the Foundation.
Mr. Haladić and Mrs. Visković took part in the action to join the Registry which was held from 5 PM to 9 PM at Prokurative. They also donated blood to be tissue typed. “In this way, we want to set a positive example for our citizens to also take part in this worthy cause,” said Visković.
On the last day of the action “When little hands get together, there is no stopping Split” a humanitarian concert took place which featured a number of singers and youth groups from Split. The action was also attended by members of the County, the City of Split, Solin, Kaštela, Trogir, as well as the mayor of Zagreb, Milan Bandić, who said, “I will always take part in the Foundation’s actions because I admire Mrs. Rukavina’s dedication, iron willpower and diamond discipline. She lost the dearest person to her, but she hasn’t lost her hope and faith.”
At the concert, the medical director of the Foundation and the head of the Registry of voluntary bone marrow and stem cell donors, Dr. Mirando Mrsić, made an announcement informing us all of more great and happy news – another bone marrow donor from Croatia was sent to England to save the life of a patient suffering from leukemia. Ana’s dream and promise which was made in the last days of her life is thus coming true, just as she had imagined. The Croatian Registry now lists 32,761 donors, of which 12,575 blood samples have been tissue typed. The news that a Croatian donor has saved yet another life has given us great motivation to continue with our activities with even greater effort, especially in terms of tissue typing all of the collected blood samples so that the Registry will become even more operational and offer a greater chance of saving lives.
A great, great thank you to the citizens of Split, especially:
• Ivan Ruščić, the main organizer and president of the Association of Secondary Schools in Split and the European Youth Parliament of the City of Split
• All of the young volunteers who participated day and night in this six-day event
• Sponsors: Split-Dalmatia County, the City of Split, the City of Solin, the City of Trogir, the City of Kaštela, Slobodna Damlacija, Coca Cola, Media, Jadransko Osiguranje, HDS-ZAMP, NK Hajduk, Gradska Osiguranje, Hemingway Bar Split, CMC, Restaurant Bota Šare, and a special thank you to the director of Hotel Atrium in Split, Silvija Markotić, who accommodated in her beautiful hotel the representatives of the Foundation and the performers that participated in the concert.
• All the performers who took part in the humanitarian concert: Dado Topić, Alka Vuica, Ivo Gianni Gamulin, Joško Čagalj – Jole, Hari Rončević, Lana Jurčević, Antonija Šola, Zorica Kondža, Luka Nižetić, Vuco, Feminem, Andrea Šušnjara, Dražen Žanko, the group Best, Electric Chair, Tina Roščić, Justin Johnson, Julijana Vujević, the group Viva