September 17 is marked World Bone Marrow Donor Day. Since 2015, this day has been celebrated every third Saturday in September to remind of the importance of registering in the registers of voluntary donors of hematopoietic stem cells, donating cord blood stem cells, and to thank all the wonderful people who took the time to donate a part of themselves for sick people to save their lives.
To date, 181 donors from the Croatian Bone Marrow Donor Registry have donated a part of themselves to give hope for life to completely unknown people! It is not only about the 181 sick people who needed a transplant, but about their families and friends, about the people who love them. With this act, the donors give them more shared moments in this world, more love and happiness that they will be able to experience together. We often hear: “But it goes without saying, everyone would help, everyone would agree to donate their bone marrow if they knew it could save someone’s life!” Unfortunately, it doesn’t go without saying, but it is immensely valuable, selfless and noble, and restores faith in people just when we all give up a bit and gives hope that everything will be fine after all.
If we could describe to you the happiness, love and peace that the donors we had the honor of meeting feel when they know that they have helped someone (especially when they had the opportunity to meet the people to whom they donated their hematopoietic stem cells), we believe that everyone who has not yet joined the Croatian Registry, would be motivated enough. If we could describe to you the modesty, gratitude and joy of life felt by the recipients of those stem cells that we had the honor to meet, we believe that you would not wait even a second to join the Croatian Bone Marrow Donor Registry.
World Bone Marrow Donor Day
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