A University of Windsor student is encouraging young people to give the gift of life.
A blood drive took place Tuesday at the U of W CAW Student Centre, in cooperation with Canadian Blood Services and its NextGen Lifeline youth recruitment program, which educates young people on the importance and benefits of donating blood.
It’s a personal crusade for Kelsey Bois, who began helping with blood drives in high school and is now a frequent volunteer with the U of W Blood Club. Bois told BlackburnNewsWindsor.com that it began when her younger sister Kylee became ill with a liver disorder.
“While she was waiting for a transplant, we were up in Toronto Sick Kids, and she needed multiple transfusions, multiple blood products from plasma to full blood transfusions,” said Bois.
Bois said if it wasn’t for the help her sister received in Toronto, Kylee would not have lived to see another Christmas. Sadly, despite those efforts, Kylee succumbed to liver failure in 2014.
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