Friday was the first official day of Greek Week, organized by the U of T Panhellenic Association along with the U of T Fraternities. The first event was the philanthropy day in support of OneMatch, held on Friday afternoon. All of the participating fraternities and sororities were divided into teams and assigned to various locations on campus. We recruited students on campus to have their mouths swabbed to be added to OneMatch's stem cell and bone marrow database. Their information will be kept on file, and they will be contacted in the event that someone who needs a donation to save their life is a match! We all had a great time supporting this amazing cause, and made a lot of additions to the database!
More about OneMatch:
Canadian Blood Services' OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network is a program dedicated to recruiting healthy, committed volunteer donors for patients in need of stem cells. OneMatch also conducts searches for matched, unrelated donors for patients; ensures donors are healthy and able to donate; and coordinates the collection and delivery of stem cells in Canada and around the world.
Fewer than 30 per cent of patients who need stem cell transplants are able to find a match within their own families. The rest rely on the generosity of a donor who has volunteered to give stem cells to anyone in need.
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| Elisa, Shannon, Caitlin, Ashley, Alex, and Clara at Bahen Centre, supporting OneMatch! |
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| Clara getting her blood tested and entered into the database! |
Amazing Race Event:
On Sunday, we participated in the Amazing Race Event. Our team was sent on a scavenger hunt all over Toronto. There was one fraternity winner and one sorority winner- we were so excited to get first place out of all the sororities!
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