Britney Spears is latest celebrity to back #Spit4Mum campaign
Well known figures have joined the search for a a stem cell donor to save Sharon Berger
A Kenton mother desperately seeking a stem cell donor to save her life received more celebrity support, with pop star Britney Spears lending her backing.
The American singer joined figures such as Matt Lucas, Sharon Osbourne and London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who have thrown their weight behind the family’s desperate drive for people to register.
Also joining the campaign were boyband Blue, TV star Jamie Laing, Bear Grylls, Jeremy Kyle and Arlene Phillips, who have all shared the #Spit4Mum initiative online.
Sharon, 65, who is undergoing chemotherapy in Hammersmith Hospital, heard how stars were backing the latest #Spit4Mum push, orchestrated by her son Jonni and daughter Caroline.
Anthony Nolan Trust, the blood cancer charity, are encouraging online registration, after Sharon’s Acute Myeloid Leukaemia re-surfaced earlier this month, after an anonymous donation seemed to have set her on the road to recovery.
A British mum with leukemia needs a stem cell donor. RT, register, say a prayer, and save a life ???? @GiftofLife @DKMS_uk #Spit4Mum
— Britney Spears (@britneyspears) July 30, 2016
Sharon Berger has leukaemia & needs a lifesaving stem cell donor – it could be you – please register & RT @AnthonyNolan @DKMS_uk #Spit4Mum
— Jamie Laing (@JamieLaing_UK) July 29, 2016
A friend of mine has leukemia & needs a lifesaving stem cell donor – it could be you – please register & RT @AnthonyNolan @DKMS_uk #Spit4Mum
— Sharon Osbourne (@MrsSOsbourne) July 26, 2016
FW: Help me out, we need to find a lifesaving bone marrow donor to save my mate's Mum's. register @AnthonyNolan @DKMS_uk #Spit4Mum
— Russell Kane (@russell_kane) July 16, 2016
Help one of our team's mum beat blood cancer with just a little spit #Spit4Mum
link: https://t.co/sMGNOEk2al https://t.co/6u39xJCMnr— Bear Grylls (@BearGrylls) July 18, 2016
Thanks for sharing, Matt! You can register here:
16-30: https://t.co/dJtXqpKRCi
17-55: https://t.co/vIALZqR8GH— Anthony Nolan (@AnthonyNolan) July 26, 2016
Sharon Berger has leukaemia & needs a lifesaving stem cell donor – it could be you – please register & RT @AnthonyNolan @DKMS_uk #Spit4Mum
— Arlene Phillips CBE (@arlenephillips) July 28, 2016
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