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Who is your 1 in 3?

1 in 3 Australians will need blood or blood products 

in their lifetime

Are you a blood donor who would like to have your story featured on The Milkshakes for Marleigh social media or website? If so, please complete our online submission with a short description about what or who inspires you to donate blood. You can share your story to be published anonymously. And we also love share photos.

Kate Fisher is the Founder of Milkshakes for Marleigh and Australia’s primary blood donation advocate. She she is on a mission to end persistent critical blood shortages in Australia and around the world.

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Meet your host

Kate Fisher

Best selling author and award winning postcast host

Kate is the host and producer of The Milkshakes for Marleigh Podcast where she tells the survival stories of blood product recipients. This is her creative solution to the social problem that not enough people donate blood. Only 1 in 30 Australians donate blood and yet 1 in 3 will need it in their lifetime. Kate is on a mission to change that, while thanking as many blood donors as she can along the way. You can find the Milkshakes for Marleigh podcast on your favourite podcast platform.

Kate is a mother at the helm of a family with additional needs. Kate has four children, three of them are living and like her, they have various complex medical conditions, physical and neurodevelopmental disabilities. She is helplessly in love with her husband Geoff and adores navigating their crazy, challenging, joy filled life together.

What others say

Testimonials

Kate, your podcast is excellent! Your personal connection to these stories allows you to tell them with extraordinary intimacy

Hedley Thomas, National Chief Correspondent, The Australian Newspaper. Podcast host, The Teachers Pet, Shandee’s Story, The Night Driver

Podcast guest, S2 Ep 6

Kate, you’ve been inspired by Marleigh but you are helping so many other people. Its incredible to know that one blood donation can save three lives. I think if everyone knew that more people would be likely to do it

Hugh van Cuylenburg Producer & Host, The Imperfects Podcast. Founder, The Resilience Project

Podcast guest, S2 Ep 18

I think I can probably say this on behalf of everyone who has received it, thank you – it saves lives and if it doesn’t save a life, it improves the quality of someone’s life

Kellie Finlayson, Host, Sh!t Talkers Podcast. Model, mother, marathon runner. Terminal cancer patient

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