Family remembers baby with blood drive

People on the south side are stepping up to help a Greenwood mother who lost a child. This is the second year that Misty Welch decided to have a blood drive in honor of her son. The Indiana Blood Center’s Greenwood location was full of families on Saturday. As they …
Twice a month, 4-year-old Jonathan Strand has needles poked into his belly button as part of a 45-minute long treatment for his immune deficiency disorder. “It takes a whole lot of blood to make that medication,” said his mother Kimberly Strnad. “In his case, the medication he takes has tremendously …
Every Friday for years, the needles took up most of the Smiths’ day. Out the door they’d go by 6:30 a.m. each morning, driving south to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Then, Violet, 10, and Ian, 8, would sit in a hospital room with a daunting IV before them, ready to …
The Central and Mid Coast Maine Chapter of the American Red Cross is honoring community members who go above and beyond in service to others at its 16th annual Real Heroes Award Breakfast in March. “We salute these Real Heroes whose extraordinary courage, kindness and unselfish character help people in …
A San Antonio boy is hoping to give back to other children in need following his aggressive battle with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 8-year-old giving back after cancer battle Blood donations came from South Texas blood drive 509 people donated to help other children in need Dev Reddy, 8, has been …
The family of Wendi Winters, one of five people killed in the Capital Gazette newsroom shooting, hosted a blood drive to keep her memory alive. Over 300 people showed up to the blood drive Saturday in Annapolis. “She gave her heart, her last breath and her final eight pints of …
The Red Cross partnered with a Maize teen on Saturday to host a blood drive that is near and dear to the hearts of the Soderstrom family. Hannah Soderstrom was diagnosed with leukemia two years ago. Along her road to recovery she decided to become an advocate for blood donation. Soderstrom …
I’ve only donated blood once before and hadn’t planned to again, but Saturday I gave for Wendi. American Red Cross phlebotomist Jessica Tuel took down my blood pressure, heart rate, temperature and hemoglobin levels to ensure I was eligible to donate at the second Wendi Winters Memorial Blood Drive, held …
Two parents and the Fort Wayne Komets are hosting a blood drive honoring a young girl with a rare blood disease. Matthew and Jennifer Willett are partnering with the American Red Cross and the Komets in promoting the blood drive, to take place on Sunday. They said the drive was …
Kevin Joseph Smith Burke was known for helping people. He sat with a friend who was going through chemotherapy for hours at a time, said his mother, Kathryn Burke of Wilmette. He befriended a man who moved to Wilmette from Dubai, barely knew English and had no other friends, she …