Baby With Rare Form of Anemia Inspires Blood Donations

A Mother’s Day blood drive was held Sunday in National City in honor of a baby with a rare form of anemia. Sevey Quinto, a 7-month-old baby, requires regular blood transfusions to stay alive. “We’re really lucky that she’s here with us. She has a condition called Alpha Thalassemia,” said …
Troy donor Mark Monjot is all about family. Family was the reason to move from northern Ohio in 2016 when he began donating with Community Blood Center. His son got him started on double red blood cell donations, and all the nurses in his family keep him dedicated to donating …
Terry Brumagin, 65, of Corry, earned his 14-gallon pin during his 112th blood donation on Thursday during a Red Cross blood drive. What started with a suggestion from a friend turned into decades of donating an accumulated 14 gallons of blood to the Red Cross. Read Full Article
WGN’s Marcella Raymond was at a blood drive held in honor of a woman who passed away from a rare cancer. Kim, 41, was diagnosed with a one-in-a-million combination of two different types of cancers. After her passing, her family put together a blood drive to help other cancer patients. …
Volunteers approach the American Red Cross from many different directions. Mike DeSantis came through donating blood. And then doing it again, and again, and again. He wanted to start donating blood while he was in high school, but was born too late in the year, so he had to wait …
The South Texas Blood and Tissue Center is calling you to action to save two sisters’ lives. They need blood donations to survive and bone marrow to cure their disorder. “There’s a lot to smile about, I’m alive,” Kyra Crawford said. Behind Kami and Kyra Crawford’s bright smiles — there’s …
Temps may be rising across the Lone Star State, but some businesses are still feeling the chill from February’s big winter storm. Blood banks have especially been hit hard. They are trying to make up for that week when folks stayed home and couldn’t donate blood and platelets. The South …
Eulas Hayes, 87, has been blessed with good health. In return, he helps his fellow man. One way he does that is by giving blood. Hayes of Ashland gave his 39th gallon on April 2 during a month blood drive at the Ashland Fire Department Central Station. He said he …
Harold Stinehelfer is the guru of giving. The 90-year-old Bucyrus resident has been donating blood since he was a senior in high school. On Tuesday he hit the 40-gallon milestone – a total of 320 pints of blood over the years, all to help save the lives of others who …
It’s not Sunday, but Seth Walsh’s squad is at a church in Mt. Washington. His brothers are crafting and clowning around. His mom is chatting with others not far from the sanctuary. There’s a voice missing though from those conversations. “He’s not afraid to talk to anybody,” Seth’s mom, Michelle …