Student pilots and instructors from Vance Air Force Base filled the seats at Oklahoma Blood Institute Enid donor center Friday to help OBI respond to a critical blood supply shortage. About 100 pilots from the 71st Student Squadron came out to donate blood and volunteer at OBI, one day after OBI
Instead of presents and birthday cake for her son’s first birthday, a Guelph mother is asking for blood donations and cash donations to the Cardiac Critical Care unit at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto. Nolan Glazier was born on Feb. 6, 2017. Only nine days later he underwent open-heart surgery. The newborn was missing
Little Estelle’s second birthday has turned into a celebration of survival for the toddler and her mother Rachel. Estelle and Rachel Taufer, 33, from Northmead in Sydney’s north-west, survived a high-risk pregnancy which caused haemorrhaging and premature labour. Estelle was born at 26 weeks due to a complication in pregnancy
A Saint John firefighter is urging people to come forward over the coming weeks. Canadian Blood Services has issued an urgent call for blood, nationwide. About 1,000 donors are being sought in New Brunswick by March 10, while 32,000 are wanted across the country. Jamie Maillet, 42, is a 17-year veteran of
A Wallaceburg man has set a milestone. Gerry Flynn donated blood for his 150th time recently. Flynn, a retired teacher and businessman, donated blood for the 150th time on Jan. 25 at Canadian Blood Services clinic held at Wallaceburg’s UAW Hall. Flynn said half of Canada’s population is able to
OneBlood says that 88-year-old Lowell Collins from Umatilla, Florida has donated his 150th gallon of blood, reaching a milestone most people could not even imagine. 150 gallons, visualized with 30 5-gallon drums stacked in the donor center, shows how much blood he has given to date. Collins is career blood
At just two years old, Hudson Harloff has had 52 blood transfusions and multiple surgeries. To the outside world he looks like a normal toddler, but every few weeks Hudson receives a blood transfusion necessary to keep him alive. Hudson is one of many children in West Michigan whose livelihood
Every day dedicated bikers hit the road delivering vital supplies from life-saving blood for transplant patients to breast milk for premature babies. This hard-working group gives our hospitals a helping hand by ensuring these deliveries arrive safely and promptly wherever they are required. For blood biker Steve Hawkes it’s an