Macksville blood donor Jenny Horton makes Mid North Coast record with 500th donation
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MACKSVILLE’S Jenny Horton has set the blood donation record for the Mid North Coast with her 500th donation. Lifesaver Jenny has achieved the highest number of donations made by a female on the Mid North Coast, and is one of only a handful of women in NSW to reach the …
On June 5, Great Falls High soccer player Emma Pachek collapsed on the field due to what was seemingly increasing fatigue the past few weeks. A hematology report in Kalispell would reveal she had a rare blood disorder: aplastic anemia. From that point began many treatments in Denver, Colorado where …
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Louden Lofgren was just two-years-old when he passed away earlier this year in April. “He had surgery, he had his tubes put in and then he had his adenoids removed,” said Louden’s aunt, Olivia Foglesong. “After that, he just wasn’t right. We don’t technically know what happened, but we do …
As the medical field continues to experience a shortage of Blood, KRHD 25 News partnered with – College Station to fill the gap with a two-day Blood Drive. Judy Swoboda has been a nurse just shy of 50 years and for last half century she has donated blood in memory of her …
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The Beaver Dam Volunteer Fire Department will hold its 56th blood drive for the Cape Fear Valley Blood Donor Center on Tuesday. For 16 years, the fire department has hosted drives for the blood center, according to Dianne Carter, a mobile recruitment coordinator for the blood center. The center, which …
As a giving person, Joshua Gasper left in his legacy not only organs to save other lives…but a tradition to encourage life-saving charity forever: an annual blood drive. Stacey Gasper of Columbus organized a blood drive in honor of her son, Joshua Gasper, Wednesday at the 1C Church. It would …
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A mum from Birmingham who suffers from a life-threatening disease has made a heartfelt for more blood donors from the Afro-Caribbean community as the city faces a huge shortfall. Shelley Falconer, 34, from Erdington, was diagnosed with sickle cell as a baby and receives six units of blood every four …