Decibellas raises Over £2000 for Pete McCleave’s #10000 Donors and DKMS

December 7th 2019 saw Decibellas Women’s Choir of Tarporley host their annual Christmas concert at St Boniface church in Bunbury, Cheshire. The event was in aid of local father of two, Pete McCleave (42), who has been given seven years to live having been diagnosed with an incurable blood cancer, Myeloma. The evening raised in excess of £2000 for the stem cell donor register, DKMS, as well as helping to encourage more people to become donors.

Myeloma leaves sufferers with a compromised immune system and stem cells can be used to fix this. Pete’s aim in 2018 was to find 10,000 new donors, a target he smashed in a matter of months. Now approaching 40,000 registered donors, he has increased the target to 100,000 and so far, there have been 12 confirmed matches, raising the hopes of life-saving treatment. Pete and local musician Lee Gordon have released a single, “The Tide for 10000 DONORS” to raise awareness of the campaign.

Useful links:

https://www.10000donors.com/

https://www.dkms.org.uk/en