A group of friends that dates back to high school all needed a blood transfusion at some point in their lives. Adam Calvert needed blood when he was being treated for cancer, Katie Pino when she experienced complications during labor and delivery, Katie Bredemeier when she had HELLP syndrome during …

Performing on stage requires nerves of steel and a bit of bravery, and at just 11 years old, hip-hop dancer Samantha Carbert already has both in spades. That could be because she’s already overcome her biggest fear before the age of two, undergoing open heart surgery. You could say dancing …

A father-of-four from Pontarddulais, Swansea, is calling for more people to give blood, platelets, or bone marrow with the Welsh Blood Service after being diagnosed with cancer. 57-year-old Martin Nicholls was diagnosed with a form of leukaemia three years ago and started treatment to overcome the disease in January 2023. …

Two Lincoln parents are on a mission to encourage more community members to donate blood after witnessing first-hand how blood donations saved their 3-year-old son’s life. November marks three years since Chase Lavelle was discharged from the hospital. At just four months old, he got E. Coli poisoning and was …

Community members around Vermont’s Rutland County are getting ready for the twentieth anniversary of the Gift of Life Marathon, a series of four blood drives in Rutland and Castleton. A Rutland man who was recently on the receiving end of donated blood is using his personal story to help drive …