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And today at least 70 Hunter residents rolled up their sleeves to donate blood to help save a life.
It's been a little more than a week since Addalyn Clements made Maitland Mercury headlines as the young girl in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant.
Tuesday morning - following a call from NEW FM radio station - Hunter residents filed through the doors of the Newcastle Donor Centre in response to her plea.
"The hype surrounding Addy's story has been incredible," Mark Sjostedt, Australian Red Cross Blood Service Newcastle/ Maitland donor centre manager Mark Sjostedt said.
"And we've been pleasantly inundated with people coming forward wanting to donate blood.
"This has been a truly fabulous response to a rather sad story, but we hope there is someone out there who is a match for this little girl."
Addy, of Tenambit, has been diagnosed with two cancers in the past 18 months, along with a rare disease which has result in decreased production of all types of blood cells known as Fanconi's syndrome.
If she doesn't receive a bone marrow transplant within six months she will die.
And, with no suitable matches in Addy's family, the search has now gone global.
"People have responded immediately to Addy's story and there has been a lot of conversation at reception, in the office and on the floor regarding bone marrow donation, which is just wonderful," Mr Sjostedt said.
"This has created such a heightened awareness of this issue and it brings it so close to home.
"There just has to be someone out there who can help."
Addy's story has also attracted 200 new followers to the Unicorns for Addy Facebook page, while more than $700 (of a $10,000 goal) has been raised on the family's Go Fund Me page also named Unicorns for Addy.
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