Blood Drives to Take Place in Honor of Queens Village Brothers With Rare Blood Disease

The New York Blood Center is hosting a series of blood drives across the five boroughs this month in honor of two young brothers from Queens Village — who were both born with a rare blood disease. The drives, which run from March 13 through March 31, will be co-hosted …
At 95-years-old, Dale Faughn has lived through the Great Depression, World War II and COVID-19. To say he’s seen it all might be pretty close to the truth. But Faughn has never considered himself to be a bystander. He’s a doer — or in his case, he’s a giver — …
It only took one blood donation to save Marcos Perez’s life. He’s now paid that donation forward more than 960 times. According to the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center, his blood has helped over 3,000 people. “Mr. Perez’s story is very moving and emotional because you know why he does …
Sixty-year-old David Metin has been regularly visiting Canadian Blood Services for nearly 40 years. Aldergrove’s David Metin will have officially gotten his arm poked 150 times as of Saturday, March 13, but on none of those occasions has he ever actually watched the needle go in. “I hate needles,” he …
Young Naledi (14) and her family are in desperate need of your help. This star student has a bright future ahead of her, but is currently battling leukaemia and is in need of a blood stem cell transplant to give her a second chance at life. Naledi was diagnosed with …
Hunter Gross underwent multiple blood transfusions due to a congenital heart defect, and these blood drives are the family’s way to say thanks and give back. Read Full Article
Marcos Perez says one single blood donation saved his life. Years later, he’s used that to motivate him to get in and donate as much as he can. “Roll up your sleeves and donate,” Perez said. It’s something he says he’s done every two weeks for the last 37 years. …
A Dix Hills community came together for a blood drive Saturday in honor of 8-year-old Daniela Conte, who passed away last year from a rare cancer. Katia Conte, her mother, fought back tears as she honored the memory of her daughter at the blood drive at Saint Matthew’s Church. Daniela …
A Cedar Rapids mom celebrated her daughter’s two-year anniversary of receiving a bone marrow transplant with a blood drive on Saturday. The “ReBirthday Party” celebrated Alivia “Livy Rae” Colin’s second chance at life. The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center in Cedar Rapids hosted the event. That’s where Colin received some …
Five years after blood transfusions saved his life after an accident, an Eagan man encouraged community members to donate blood Friday in his name. Bryan Joas, 50 of Eagan, was hit by a car in 2016 while riding his bike home from work. The driver was never found. According to …