Every two seconds someone receives a blood transfusion in the United States, according to OneBlood. The WEAR Cares annual St. Patrick’s Day Blood Drive helps save people’s lives — like what happened to two-month-old Valley Jo Bryan. Valley Jo’s family found out she had a brain tumor in February. Before
A LITTLE boy living with cancer has created a special video – released on his sixth birthday – encouraging more people to give blood and raise awareness for the charity that supported him. Henry Turner, from Southend, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in April 2020, shortly after his third
After a year and a half bout with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), the most fatal strain of the blood disease, local hero Annmarie Shay now uses her story of perseverance through seemingly insurmountable odds to help others, while championing the importance of donating blood. Annmarie is 51 and married with