The average blood donation is about 450ml, and there are about 5 litres of blood on average inside the human body. More importantly, with each … Read Full Article
Emily Johnson’s mother likely wouldn’t be alive to watch her play volleyball this fall or graduate from Lake Crystal-Wellcome-Memorial High School this spring if not for blood donations. Emily is showing her gratitude by coordinating blood drives in Lake Crystal. The rural Vernon Center teen is hosting her second drive
Leroy Murrell squeezes a pump Monday morning that helped him reach a total of 100 gallons of his blood donated to the Northern California Community Blood Bank. Murrell completed around 800 trips to the blood bank, where, according to Laura Smither-Rice, a registered nurse, Murrell has “been stuck with a
Three years ago on December 18, a speeding Amtrak Cascades train bound for Portland derailed near DuPont, Washington, and tumbled onto Interstate 5. The crash killed three passengers and injured scores of others. An Olympia woman marked the anniversary Friday by going back to her local blood donation center to
A Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial senior is hosting her second blood drive this year, advocating for people to donate by sharing her personal story on how blood donors helped save her mother’s life. In 2005, Emily Johnson’s mother, Leslie, was involved in a farming accident. Left with a shattered pelvis,