Dan and Robyn Yatchuk and their four-year-old son Khoen know all too well the importance of blood donation. The Ladner family is sharing their story through Canadian Blood Services encouraging others to support Canada’s Lifeline. Khoen was born with Hereditary Spherocytosis and had his first transfusion at three weeks old.
A Ladner family is making a plea for more blood donors to help their four-year-old boy, who needs ongoing blood transfusions. “Donating blood truly is a selfless gift,” said Robyn Yatchuk, whose son Khoen was born with a hereditary blood disorder. “If you don’t know someone who needs blood you
Blood donation camp by women for women- a new initiative launched by the Blood Donors Mangalaru Women’s Wing is expected to change the way people think about blood donation as a male dominated service. Read Full Article
The 8th annual Wes Leonard Memorial Blood Drive was held on Saturday at Fennville Middle School. Leonard was a high school basketball player who collapsed on the court in 2011 from a sudden cardiac arrest. In the years since Leonard’s death, his family has developed the Wes Leonard Heart Team
Boston Children’s Hospital will host a blood drive in honor of Quinn Waters, a 3-year-old boy from Weymouth, recently diagnosed with brain cancer. Dubbed “The Mighty Quinn” by his supporters, Quinn is battling medulloblastoma, a type of cancer found most often in the brains of young children. He was diagnosed
Leigh Stein came to the first Pittsburgh Pirates Blood Drive of the summer to donate for her father, Daniel, who was a consistent donor at the drives for several years alongside his friend Irving Younger before both lost their lives during the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in October. While
