‘If I were in need, I would want somebody to donate for me’

In the eighth annual event, the Coastal Bend Blood Center partnered with Ducks Unlimited to host a blood drive in front of Cavender’s Boot City in Corpus Christi. “If I were in need, I would want somebody to donate for me,” blood donor Donna Wheeler said. “I just wanna be …
As part of his Eagle Scout project, Matt Zender, 17, is hosting the event Saturday to give back to the community that helped him. Less than six months after being diagnosed with cancer, a Sayville teen is giving back to his community with a blood drive. Matt Zender, 17, was …
Raymond Young, 74, first started giving blood decades ago. This month, he received a medal and certificate signed by Millie Banerjee, chairwoman of the NHS Blood and Transplant department, to mark his incredibly milestone of donations. Mr Young said: “I first started giving blood 30 years ago because my wife …
During the first week of November, Folsom Lake College shared a post on Facebook congratulating evaluator and degree auditor Rochelle Franco on a pretty extraordinary accomplishment, she donated 240 pints of lifesaving blood over the last 17 years. “I reached my 30 gallon milestone on Oct. 31 of this year,” …
The 5-year-old son of a local deputy is battling leukemia and his father’s department is asking for help in supporting the family. Barrow County Deputy Chris Parker and his family earned their 5-year-old son Keegan was diagnosed with B-Cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia earlier this month. This type of leukemia means …
When Corporal Laura Matern joined the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in 1986, donating blood quickly became just another regular part of her military life. “I was 17 when I joined the military and right away, I saw a lot of my colleagues from the armory talking about donating blood regularly …
Henry is just like any normal 10-month-old boy. He loves to play and goof off, but Henry has a serious condition. “He was right at 6-weeks-old. He had an Owlet monitor on his foot, which monitors all heart rate and oxygen on babies, and we were taking a bottle. I …
In an inspiring feat, a 58-year-old man of Kadalibana village in Kendrapara has given himself to social work, literally, by donating blood more than 100 times. Kumar Mallick Anadaprasad donated blood for the 126th time last week and hopes to create a record by donating blood 150 times in the …
Since the late 1980s, William “Bill” Ward, of Oak Lawn, has been giving blood like clockwork. In fact, he began donating in 1987 right around the time Vitalant — then known as LifeSource — started taking donations. He started simply because a co-worker at Harris Trust & Savings Bank in …
In need of both blood and more donors, the National Institute of Health and Social Studies (NIHSS) conducted a blood drive Thursday to help boost the country’s depleted blood bank. Around 26 persons which included students from the institute, together with a few of their parents and friends, showed up …