8th graders host blood donation for principals son
Rocky team saves over 1500 lives in blood donations
8
Mar
ROCKHAMPTON man Brendan Hodda received the best present he could ever imagine on Christmas eve 2015 – bone marrow. Brendan was diagnosed with leukaemia on September 17, 2105. “He went through 70 bags of blood and platelets in 56 days,” his wife Roxanne said. On Christmas eve, Brendan received bone
Maize teen organizes blood drive for Leukemia patients
8
Mar
A Maize teen is in remission after being diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia a couple years ago. Hannah Soderstrom wants to help others also suffering from leukemia, so she started a blood drive. The 15-year-old’s church paired up with the Red Cross to host the event on Saturday. Read Full
Vance pilots help address blood emergency
7
Mar
Student pilots and instructors from Vance Air Force Base filled the seats at Oklahoma Blood Institute Enid donor center Friday to help OBI respond to a critical blood supply shortage. About 100 pilots from the 71st Student Squadron came out to donate blood and volunteer at OBI, one day after OBI
Guelph mom asks for blood donors, not presents for son’s 1st birthday
6
Mar
Instead of presents and birthday cake for her son’s first birthday, a Guelph mother is asking for blood donations and cash donations to the Cardiac Critical Care unit at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto. Nolan Glazier was born on Feb. 6, 2017. Only nine days later he underwent open-heart surgery. The newborn was missing
Saint John firefighter, cancer survivor assists in call for urgent blood donations
5
Mar
A Saint John firefighter is urging people to come forward over the coming weeks. Canadian Blood Services has issued an urgent call for blood, nationwide. About 1,000 donors are being sought in New Brunswick by March 10, while 32,000 are wanted across the country. Jamie Maillet, 42, is a 17-year veteran of
88-year-old donates 150th gallon of blood
2
Mar
OneBlood says that 88-year-old Lowell Collins from Umatilla, Florida has donated his 150th gallon of blood, reaching a milestone most people could not even imagine. 150 gallons, visualized with 30 5-gallon drums stacked in the donor center, shows how much blood he has given to date. Collins is career blood
The community rallies in support of a woman in need of blood
Blood drive honors memory of Utah teen killed in crash
7-year-old boy with cancer, rare blood type, in desperate need of donors
