The Great Chicago Blood Drive gets started Wednesday and we’ve been sharing stories from people in our community, who count on these donations, to survive. Beverly Chukwudozie is living with sickle cell disease. One of the most critical treatments is blood transfusions. Beverly spoke with ABC7 to talk about what
There is an immediate need for blood donations in Guelph and across the country. Rachael Henderson, community development manager for Canadian Blood Services, said it is important that people “get out there and donate.” “One thing that’s kind of shocking is that the national blood inventory has declined by 35
Donating blood is important to the Swafford family. Jasper Swafford was diagnosed with leukemia at 5 months old and received many blood transfusions while undergoing treatment. “It was every day, multiple times a day,” said Tricia Swafford, Jasper’s mother. “He received well over 300 blood products in the 60 months
A milestone blood donation happened in South Mississippi. Raymond “Dale” Dunlap made his 160th blood donation at The Blood Center in Ocean Springs. That marks 20 gallons of blood he’s donated that have gone to someone in need. Dunlap’s blood donation journey began more than 30 years ago when his
