At the age of 23, some girls may be following ambitions of a successful career, others may be enjoying life by satisfying hobbies and entertainment. But for Trịnh Lan Anh, working as a campaigner for blood donations, has become a lifetime devotion. The young woman from Hà Nội says her …

Charlotte Grice and her mum Rebecca know the value of blood donations as well as anyone. Diagnosed with brain cancer and epilepsy from a young age, Charlotte would not be here if not for regular blood transfusions over the past six years. It is because of the generosity of other …

CRAIGIE resident Chris Le Juge De Segrais is leading by example after making her 100th blood donation. She has been Water Corporation’s blood donation co-ordinator since 2011 and helped the utility win the Australian Red Cross Blood Service’s Red25 campaign corporate category for the past six years. The program also …

In November 2016, Skylar Martin had just finished his first season on the Ashley High School football team when he was diagnosed with ALL B Blast Leukemia. One week after the season ended, Skylar began chemotherapy treatments that would continue for the next six months. Sunday, his family held a blood drive in his honor. Throughout …

It’s a sticky subject, and one many people squirm about, but Maycin Buckley is encouraging people to donate blood this Saturday in Cedar Hills. Maycin just recently turned 18 and graduated from Lone Peak High School, but if it weren’t for gallons of donated blood, she wouldn’t have made it …

With World Blood Donor Day on June 14, the NZ Blood Service is asking “true heroes to stand up and take a bow”. Half Moon Bay resident Gregory Morrison is one of the 110,000 life-savers across the country and 3000 active blood donors in East Auckland. Once a month, the 55-year-old IT business analyst goes …

Rockland County Executive Ed Day honored top blood donors at an award ceremony held Wednesday, which was also World Blood Donor Day. “Blood is something that unites all of us,” he said. “We thank everyone who shares that gift of life.” The event was the first time that top Rockland blood …

A boy who survived grueling cancer treatments with help from five anonymous blood donors is inspiring others to give the gift that helped save his life. Mitch Head graduates from his Port Coquitlam preschool on Friday, after a difficult year of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. “We wiped out his …

Beijing had a mere 1,800 blood donors twenty years ago, but now the number is nearly 400,000 per year. A lot of them give blood on a regular basis. University student Xiao Chunyu is a frequent visitor at the Xidan blood center in downtown Beijing. “It has become a habit. …

During the World Blood Donor Day (WBDD), award ceremony hosted by the Ministry of Public Health under the theme, “What can you do? Give Blood. Give now. Give often,” some of the donors and recipients highlighted their experiences both as donors and recipients to the Department of Public Information/Government Information …