Accident survivor organizes blood donation camp at his wedding; priest, friends also participate
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A couple in Karnataka’s Haveri district entered into wedlock with a noble cause — donating blood — to show his gratitude for the timely blood he had received after meeting a fatal accident four years ago. While Praveen Subbannavar (32), an electrician by profession, donated one unit of his ‘O …
Just over a week ago, the blighted Rosemary Apartments in north Toledo finally came down. It was that vacant building, which stood at the corner of N. Detroit Ave. and Phillips Ave., where 16-year-old Joshua Sorrell fell five stories to his death while exploring the abandoned property with friends in …
A 10-year-old survivor of the Uvalde school shooting and her parents got to thank another set of life-savers – her blood donors – on Saturday as South Texas Blood & Tissue marked the fifth anniversary of a lifesaving whole-blood donor program. Christina and Ruben Zamora have met and thanked everyone …
It’s ‘Liquid Gold’: Young Blood-Transfusion Recipients Talk About Importance of Donors. Ella Martinez and Kamila Saradpon consider each other sisters. They both require routine blood transfusions and often go through hours-long appointments together Read Full Article
The American Red Cross held a blood drive Tuesday at the University of Findlay. The nonprofit usually experiences a blood shortage around the winter holiday season as fewer people tend to donate. The Red Cross says it provides about 40% of the nation’s blood supply. People who showed up Tuesday …
Bryan Brown routinely donates blood. “It’s one poke I get every four months, but it changes someone else’s life,” he said. But prior to 2018, he never donated. “I had no say in the first drive, and then I found out I was O negative,” said Bryan Brown. His daughter, …
Jack Oberweiser started giving blood when he was in college and found out he had an O-negative blood type. Read Full Article
Since the pandemic, blood donations have lagged behind demand, according to The Kentucky Blood Center. But a 13-year-old Louisville girl is trying to help change that. At first glance, Jillian Striet appears to be a normal 13-year-old girl, with a love of stuffed animals and shoes. “I didn’t feel like …
When Emily Peters grabs her laptop and scrolls through her life, she can’t help but smile when she finds photos of herself six years ago. “I was one of those really annoying people that really like being pregnant,” said Peters with a laugh. “I loved it, I loved being huge, …
Each day, Lisa Nash serves her community, but she wouldn’t be able to do her important work as Deputy Mayor of San Mateo without a life-saving donation. “If that did not happen, if that blood had not been available to me, I would have died,” Nash told CBS News Bay …