On Sunday, 3rd June each runner is obtaining sponsorship per mile covered, 56 in total, to raise much needed funds for The Sunflower Fund
 
If you are interested in supporting them please make a deposit into the following account:
Bank Account Name: The Sunflower Fund
Bank: ABSA Bank
Account No.: 4051834719
Branch: Tokai
Branch Code: 632005
Reference: KZNM4M (name of sponsor)
 
The Comrades Marathon, 'the ultimate human race', has a lot in common with our cause. It is a race which someone cannot do on their own. Runners need a club, people to train with, supporters on the route and refreshment stations. It is often a stranger who gets them across the finish line.
 
The Sunflower Fund relies on people to become bone marrow stem cell donors for leukaemia patients in need of a transplant. If you are a donor match you will be that patient's only chance of survival. You will never meet the patient but you could save their life.
 
The Sunflower Fund also relies on donations in order to pay for the tissue typing of potential donors. It costs R2 500 to tissue type a potential donor and the chances of finding a donor match is 1:100 000 within your ethnic group.
 
Please support our Miles4Marrow Runners and share a little to save a life.
 
For more information on how you can get involved in The Sunflower Fund Miles4Marrow Campaign, please contact Janine le Roux on 031 266 1148.

While pounding the road on the 7th April, spare a thought and raise some funds to help those who cannot run this year.  The ‘Miles4Marrow’ campaign, an initiative from The Sunflower Fund, encourages athletes to enlist support of family, friends and work colleagues to sponsor an amount per mile run, thereby raising much needed funds to pay for more people to become donors and join the South African Bone Marrow Registry.  This will give hope to those suffering from leukaemia and other blood disorders, to have another chance to life.
 
Sponsorship forms can be obtained from Chris at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 021 701 0661.
All contributions, no matter how big or small, will help us make a difference.

ENTER THE ‘MILES4MARROW’ CHALLENGE AS YOU RIDE THE PICK N PAY ARGUS CYCLE TOUR FOR THE SUNFLOWER FUND
 
We are appealing for  interested cyclists  participating in the 2012 Argus Cycle Tour  to  help raise  awareness and funds for The Sunflower Fund.  It’s simple  - all you need to do is email your friends, family and colleagues,  challenging them to sponsor you for your effort and hard work.  If everyone raised a small amount, collectively , it could amount to enough to help us pay for the donors willing to join the South African Bone Marrow Registry.
 
To  obtain a Sponsorship form, please contact Adi on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 021 701 0661.
 
Please “share a little, to save a life” and help us make a difference.
Any contribution will be greatly appreciated,  no matter how big or small.

Comrades runners rely on the support of the crowds and the camaraderie of fellow runners to succeed. For the majority of children and young adults diagnosed with leukaemia, survival is not possible without a bone marrow stem cell transplant from a matching donor. The Sunflower Fund builds the South African Marrow Registry so leukaemia sufferers can find a donor match but they cannot do it without the help of others.

Support these runners as they embark on the 2011 56miles4marrow campaign by sponsoring them financially per mile run on the 29th May. The comrades Marathon is a total of 89kms/ 56miles and no amount is too small so 'Share a Little to Save a Life'.

Doug Watson M4M0011.22 MB	Dave Saunderson M4M1136.04 KB
Tarryn Bray M4M0021.22 MB	Maritza Venter M4M1236.06 KB
Douglas de Bruyn M4M0041.22 MB	Tammy Denhill M4M131.22 MB
Gavin Goodwun M4M00536.03 KB	Lyndon Nash M4M1436.03 KB
Scot Arnold M4M006 1.22 MB	Paul Venter M4M1636.02 KB
Vernon Anley M4M0071.22 MB	Steve Thornton M4M1736.03 KB
Barry Spencer M4M00836.04 KB	John Fischer M4M1936.03 KB
Tony Saunderson M4M00936.04 KB	Grant Steven M4M20 36.04 KB
Grant Cummings M4M1036.03 KB	Lauren Callenborne M4M2136.02 KB

Janine Le Roux from The Sunflower Fund set up a fun supporters area with a ‘Rope of Hope’ outside Kearsney College for the 56Miles4Marrow runners who took on the Comrades to raise much needed money and awareness for The Sunflower Fund. Twenty one runners took part this year and received sponsorship per mile covered on the day – 56 in total. The campaign has been going for three years in KZN and has raised R 489 000 to date. This has paid for 489 bone marrow stem cell donors to be included on the South African Bone Marrow Registry. One of these donors could be a match for a child or young adult diagnosed with leukaemia and in turn save their life.

Please support our runners and make a deposit into our account and reference it KZN M4M (sponsors name). No amount is too small so please ‘share a little to save a life’.

	Highway Runners Maritza Venter, Tammy Denhille, Duanne Dicks and Lyndon Nash with Lauren Calenborne (front) get ready for The Sunflower Fund's 56Miles4Marrow Comrades Campaign.
	Highway Runners Doug Watson, Tarryn Bray and Grant Cummings get ready for The Sunflower Fund's 56Miles4Marrow Comrades Campaign.
	DHSOB Runners Paul Venter, John Fisher, Steve Thornton, Mike Hind and Grant Steven get ready for The Sunflower Fund's 56Miles4Marrow Comrades Campaign.