While many people are out holiday shopping, buying gifts for friends and family, there’s another way to spread holiday cheer during this festive season. The Central Texas College nursing program will hold a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday on the Carter BloodCare bus, which will be
Terry Krug of Centerville celebrated his milestone 200th lifetime blood donation on Nov. 10 at the Dayton Community Blood Center’s Donor Center As a platelet and plasma donor, Krug tries to donate every two weeks. He reached his 200th milestone with his 17th donation of the year. “It feels great!”
One local woman celebrated 100 years of the American Red Cross on Monday by giving her 100th blood donation in Kentucky. Mary Sullivan donated her 100th pint of blood Monday afternoon at the American Red Cross’ downtown Louisville blood donation center. When she arrived at the center, she was presented with a plaque, thanking
Kempsey Shire residents are being urged to add a blood donation to their festive to-do lists, with the Port Macquarie Donor Centre taking appointments for the gift of life this Christmas and New Year. There are 100 places still to be filled to secure stocks for leukaemia patients, new mums, trauma
Sitting in a room on the first floor of the Gibbs Cancer Center this week, Abby Cantrell was all smiles. The 20-year-old Cowpens native was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia last month and just finished a six-day round of intravenous chemotherapy — but her sense of humor and positive outlook
The Northmont Animal Clinic will celebrate Dr. Steve Dicke with a round of applause, plus some barks and meows, when he arrives wearing his new Community Blood Center “Donor for Life – 100 LTD” jacket. Steve made his milestone 100th lifetime blood donation Thursday, Nov. 9 at the Dayton Donor
Carrying on a fine tradition of donations. When the National Wax Museum Plus and the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) recently joined up to encourage people to give blood, they drafted in the museum’s Dracula to help. The bloodsucker visited various locations across Dublin and the public was asked to
A staggering 95% of roads in Africa wash out every year, which makes it nearly impossible for people in some developing countries to receive medical supplies when they need them most. Zipline, a startup out of Silicon Valley, wants to replace traditional modes of transportation with drones. In Rwanda, the company’s