Raising funds for umbilical cord blood research

Members of the Inner Wheel Club of Gosford North will be raising money for Coin for a Cord day at Woy Woy train station on Friday, May 14, from 6am.

They will be out in their yellow aprons, selling grandma and grandpa teddy bears, pens, yoyos, shopping bags and key charms to raise funds for the project.

Coins for a Cord raises funds for umbilical cord blood research within Australia and since starting in 2000 has generated funds of over $1.5 million supporting 27 research projects to date.

Cord blood research focuses on how cord blood stem cell transplants can help critically ill children such as those with leukaemia.

The umbilical cord is the lifeline between mother and baby during pregnancy and cord blood is the blood left behind in the umbilical cord and is usually discarded after childbirth.

It now can be donated at specific hospitals.

Media Release, 2 Apr 2012

Fay Strachan, Point Clare