Midlands man says he’s alive today thanks to your blood donations

A Midlands man who’s been suffering from kidney failure since he was 13 years old said it’s because of blood and organ donors that he’s still alive today. It’s a simple procedure that can mean lifesaving results like they have for Marty Longshore. The Lexington father of two said his kidneys …
Seventeen-year-old Abby Droessler, a Hayward High School junior and student athlete, enjoys riding and showing horses, hunting and volunteering for church and community events. Unlike most teenagers her age, Abby is also a blood recipient who needed multiple transfusions of blood products following a July 2015 watercraft accident that left …
In March 2017 Amelia Iverson suffered a near-fatal birth complication requiring massive amounts of blood transfusions. In total, she received 61 units, which replaced all the blood in her body approximately six times. Now Iverson wants to give back and make sure there is enough blood for others who need …
You’ll see blood drives almost every day of the week. But the one on Friday afternoon at the Belmont County Veterans service office was just a little bit different. “This is a way for the public to come and give back in honor of veterans and those who serve their …
It’s safe to say Roelif Loveland and Henry Hackman aren’t scared of needles. Combined, the two area men have donated more than 54 gallons of blood over the course of their lifetimes, which means they’ve sat through at least 432 sessions under the needle. So what keeps them coming back …
You’re invited to stop by KARE 11 from 1-7 p.m. Thursday to help save some lives as we team up with Memorial Blood Centers for the Health Fair 11 Summer Blood Drive. The demand for blood is constant but the supply is not. Memorial Blood Centers says one in three …
The boards clung to their bicycles reads ‘donate blood, save life’. Carrying blankets to sleep on and plastic sheet to protect them from rain, Jaydeb Routh (47) and Sibli Bishara (22) started their journey from Kolkata to Kanyakumari on July 1 to create awareness on blood donation. They made a …
A four-year old boy with cancer who has had 25 blood transfusions saw where the blood comes from, as his parents donated at Yavneh College in Borehamwood. Jake Cohen and his sister Phoebe watched with interest as mum Hannah and dad Adam showed them how the process of giving blood …
Bower, a Bracebridge resident, woke one night in February to terrible pain, but she and her husband had hosted guests for a dinner party complete with rich foods the evening before, so it was dismissed as indigestion. “I thought ‘Oh, God, I’ve eaten all the wrong things,” she said. But …
The American Red Cross is joining family and friends to host the Flip Flops and Blood Drops Blood Drive in honor of Lana and Ellie Troha, Monday, July 23, from 1 to 6 p.m. at Hickory Grove Banquet and Convention Center, 1127 N. Seventh Street, in Rochelle. In April 2014, …