Friday, May 2 organizations across Australia celebrated Corner for a cord Day, a day dedicated to fundraising for research on cord blood stem cells. Organizations are chapters of Inner Wheel Club, which collectively raised millions of dollars to help experts find new uses for umbilical cord blood.
Coin for a Cord Day was also promoted in hospitals across the country, including Norwest Private Hospital located on the northwest border of Sydney. Norwest is affiliated with Inner Wheel Club, and volunteers Baulkham Hills chapter of the organization were stationed at the hospital throughout Coin for a Cord Day.
The hospital has also been busy preparing for the birth of new babies. A couple, Anne and David Hoh are believed to be the first parents to welcome their newborns for a Day Coin cord. Baby Jayden Hoh was born on 2 May, and the president Inner Wheel Club Baulkham Hills Lyn Stanley personally delivered a special room for a line of teddy bears to Hohs as a welcome gift for Jayden.
The Inner Wheel Club is a proud supporter of research cord blood stem cells, recognizing that there is an untapped potential treatment derived from cord blood. Corner for a Day cord is one of the biggest days of the year for the Wheel Club Inner with fundraisers used to fund research on cord blood stem cells performed by medical experts.
Blood Stem cells from cord is primarily funded through fundraisers among non-profit organizations, as well as through government subsidies. Various countries have their own methods to support blood therapy cord stem cells, but internationally, agencies agree that the interest for all families is to learn more about the benefits of cord blood .