Calendars - Part 23

 Glasgow Marrow

Glasgow Marrow is an organization run by students at Glasgow University, Scotland.

It's a branch of the British charity Anthony Nolan, named after a boy who died from a blood disorder.  The charity manages a registry of people willing to donate bone marrow and stem cells, which are used to treat leukemia and other blood diseases.

For the past several years Glasgow Marrow has put out a naked calendar to raise funds for the charity.  The slogan "bare bums cure blood cancer" means that students baring their bums in the calendar raises money that ultimately saves lives.

For that reason, they celebrate the students who are brave enough to be in the calendar as heroes.

Here's a guy who is cheeky in more than one way.  The cheek swabs that they're talking about are done on people who register as potential bone marrow donors, to determine compatibility with patients who need a transplant.

The calendar features students from different sports teams in Glasgow University.  These guys are on the fencing team.  I don't think that's how the face masks are supposed to be worn.

These guys are on the American football team.  Somebody needs to tell them that's not what an American football looks like.

Do they have a surfing team in chilly Scotland?

Here are some more bare bums to remind you of their slogan.  They're supporting a very good cause.