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A teenage stranger saved my life

11 Oct No Comments Anastasia news #thegift, bone marrow donation

Businessman Mark Ritson had his life saved by a teenage bone marrow donor from Germany – now he has two children and has run the London Marathon. Chris Burn reports. Mark Ritson will always have a unique bond with Jacqueline Harfmann, the young woman who saved his life from thousands …

Family encourages locals to roll up sleeves and donate blood

10 Oct No Comments Anastasia news #thegift, blood donation, blood drive

If you donated blood in the summer of 2013, says Elmira mother Kristen Dorscht, then you might have given the very same units that kept her newborn daughter Ella alive. It’s a powerful thought, and one that Dorscht hopes will motivate veteran donors and newcomers alike to roll up their …

Giving Back and Saving Lives with Every Pint of Blood Donated

9 Oct No Comments Anastasia news #thegift, blood donation, blood donor, blood drive, college students

With the recent hurricanes and tropical storms that have left parts of the southern United States devastated, you may be asking yourself, How can I help or what I can do? The University of Maine at Presque Isle Red Cross Club had that answer: come on down to a local …

This Thanksgiving, make an appointment to give blood

6 Oct No Comments Anastasia news #thegift, blood donation, blood donor, Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving, many of us will find ourselves at home surrounded by family, friends and hopefully good food. But others across the Lower Mainland and British Columbia are receiving care at hospitals, and are in need of blood. “People get busy with family activities, they head out of town and …

Longtime blood drive coordinator and donor recognized at county Red Cross centennial celebration

5 Oct No Comments Anastasia news #thegift, blood donation, blood donor, blood drive

Since 1964, Ted Cook has been the blood donation drive coordinator at St. John Catholic Church in Westminster. Since 1998 alone, Cook has been behind 6,658 units — a unit being roughly a pint — of blood donated from the church. On Wednesday evening, after receiving an award from the …

One blood donation goes a long way

4 Oct No Comments Anastasia news #thegift, blood donation, blood donor

I helped save a life in only 30 minutes. Today was my first time donating blood and it was easier than I thought. I went in thinking the donation process would be stressful, but I couldn’t have felt more comfortable with the staff that was present because of their professionalism …

Wish comes true for boy who refuses to lose to hemophilia

3 Oct No Comments Anastasia news #thegift, blood donation, blood donor

Landon Davis’ favorite past time is playing basketball with his dad, Mark. The 7-year-old was born with severe hemophilia A. Landon’s blood does not clot. “If he were to bump his knee or bump his head he could get a bleed,” said Landon’s mom, Ashley Davis. “Typically and usually his …

Blood donor with rare blood type marks 100th donation

2 Oct No Comments Anastasia news #thegift, blood donor

A Bury St Edmunds blood donor with a rare blood type made his 100th blood donation on Tuesday. Tony Allen has the unusual O RH negative blood type – the only blood that can be given to anyone regardless of their blood type. One unit of blood can help save …

Young hero with leukemia gets support from the Ohio Valley

30 Sep No Comments Anastasia news #thegift, blood donation, blood donor, blood drive

A local hero now getting praise once again, this time in the form of platelets and plasma, as people from across the Ohio Valley are donating blood to help replenish the supply in his honor. Jeremiah Clein is 15 years old and has leukemia. He is currently undergoing treatment in …

Give The Gift Of Life At October Dracula Drive

27 Sep No Comments Anastasia news #thegift, blood donation, blood donor, blood drive, Halloween

To quote Dracula, one of the world’s most famous movie monsters, “The blood is the life.” The LifeServe Blood Center is partnering with Carroll Broadcasting, to offer Carroll area residents the chance to save lives at the Dracula Drive Blood Drive Oct. 21. Danielle West, public relations and marketing manager …

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