One former volunteer, I don't think she's helped in recent years but she did have a Fringe show in 2009, has cancer. I can't connect a face to her blog, so I don't know if I met her (I'm hazy, I'm not sure if someone from that period I can picture was her). I wasn't going to link to her blog because of that, but she's started a blog specifically about her ordeal, Infinity Welcomes Bored Writers. I mentioned one year that in 1995 a venue was named "Fraser Kyle" and the founder explained that he had been a heavy volunteer in the early days, and died young due to cancer. That wouldn't happen nowadays, the Fringe is different, but for however nice it seems, it's too late. The time is now, if someone is suffering from cancer, now is the time to act, because if it's fatal, it's too late. So if you know her, send her some Fringe bucks to see some shows, though I'm not sure she's getting out of the hospital this week.
There's talk of a bone marrow transfusion, so let that be a reminder that they can only find a match if someone has registered. Emru Townsend had to do a campaign to find a match some years back (black people are underrepresented on the donor list), and did find a match, though not through the campaign. And sadly it was too late or something, and he died. The Okanagan Nation Alliance newsletter a few months back said they were trying to get Syilx people to register for a match, Indians too are underrepresented. The greater number of people to register, the greater the chance of finding a match. It's something that can be done for someone with cancer, even if it doesn't directly help them with a match. Emru's campaign at first seemed selfish, but it never helped him, but did get mroe people to be tested and on the donor list. Testing is apparently simple, and being on the list is something one can back out of, ie getting tested doesn't obligate one to give up their bone marrow.