Rivals with a cause: Local high schools compete in annual blood drive to help meet urgent need
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There’s nothing like a little competition to get the blood moving. For more than a century, Bear River and Box Elder high schools have been cultivating an intense, cross-valley rivalry on the playing fields. And for the past several years, they have been using that bad blood to do good, …
A blood donation drive was held on Saturday afternoon to help a one year-old baby battling a rare blood disorder. Christopher Parent, Commander at Veterans of Foreign Wars post 9095 in Little Rock, said they wanted to do something to help the community and were able to get in touch …
Retired teacher John Gomm, who is 84, first began his blood donation journey aged 19. John now regularly donates his blood at sessions taking place at Colchester United stadium. He previously received an award for making 75 donations. John said: “I was studying at university to teach and they had …
Every year, especially on November 4th, a Denver couple invites their entire family to donate. They hope to give back to strangers, just as strangers gave to them on November 4, 2017, when they needed it most. Dani Tyler said she would have died without the generosity of a blood …
Siblings Gary and Donna Hardy have saved hundreds of lives over more than four decades thanks to their whole blood donations. One pint of blood can save up to three lives. Blood donors help patients of all ages, including accident and burn victims, heart surgery and organ transplant patients and …
93-year-old, Sherman Hirsch, was honored at the blood donation center on south cottonwood, Hirsch has donated over 800 times. Read Full Article
An 11-year-old patient celebrates her 100th blood transfusion at St. Luke’s Hospital. Hannah has beta thalassemia, a blood disorder caused when the body doesn’t make enough of a protein called hemoglobin. When there isn’t enough hemoglobin, the body’s red blood cells don’t function properly and there are fewer healthy red …
While the nation is facing a critical shortage in blood supply, one man stopped at the Idaho Falls Red Cross Donation Center Monday as part of his goal to donate blood and platelets in all 50 states. Vinton Smith, of Gettysburg, Pa., said Idaho is the 47th state where he …
One Grand Strand man is asking the community to step up as the nation faces blood shortages Vincent Fezza participated in blood drives for several years before moving to the Grand Strand. However, health issues stopped him from giving blood for the last four years. Once he got his strength …
The national blood shortage is putting patients who rely on donations at risk. Atlanta News First spoke to a patient with sickle cell disease in LaGrange who said without this support she can barely function, and now she’s hoping more people will step up and donate. “It’s a lifesaver and …