Intrepid data8 director to cycle coast to coast

Sept. 22, 2011 - PRLog -- Richard Hartland, technical director data8, is hoping to raise over £1,000 for Antony Nolan by cycling, off road, from Whitehaven to Tynemouth. Anthony Nolan run the UK’s largest and most successful stem cell register. They use it to save lives by matching donors to people who desperately need a lifesaving stem cell or bone marrow transplant.

Hartland said, “Having not even owned a bike since I was a child, I have convinced myself that I will be able to manage the ride from Whitehaven on the west coast of England to Sunderland on the east and to make it interesting it is nearly all off road”.

He continued, “At just 8 weeks old my nephew Josh was diagnosed with a life threatening and extremely rare disease called HLH. His immune system was faulty and any illness triggered it to attack the healthy cells in his body. The only cure was to replace all his white blood cells by performing a bone marrow transplant. Through Anthony Nolan a search was made for a donor with matching tissue type, there were none on the UK register, but a worldwide search found a perfect match in Germany. Josh had his transplant at 5 months old. He overcame many hurdles in his first year of life and is now a very energetic and gorgeous 6 year old boy”.

Hartland pointed out, “You can donate money to Antony Nolan via their website or sponsor me using the following link http://www.justgiving.com/Richard-Hartland . An even bigger donation is to join the register and potentially save a life by becoming a stem cell donor yourself”.

The ride starts in Whitehaven on Friday 30th September and finishes in Sunderland on Sunday 2nd October. Members of the public will be able to monitor the progress of the ride on the data8 website.

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