Family looking to give back with blood donor clinic
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Blood donors have given an Okotoks girl the chance to have a normal life, and now she and her family are looking to helping others who need to receive blood to live. A blood donor clinic will be held at Holy Trinity Academy on Oct. 7 from 3 p.m. to …
In 1959, Sidney’s Bill Forrester donated a pint of blood for the first time. He was 29 years old on that occasion. “They came around and I knew some of the people working on it,” Forrester said of his first donation. Last week, Forrester was the first in line when …
For the first two months after he was diagnosed with leukemia, former corrections officer Mike Mitchell doesn’t remember much. He’d walked into the hospital on Oct. 8, 2014 with both bacterial and venereal pneumonia. He was sick, and after some time, he wasn’t getting any better. “If somebody had coughed, …
With recent tragic events occurring across the country from Florida, to Texas to Puerto Rico there is never a better time to donate blood than now. On Thursday, at the Waynesboro American Legion’s ballroom at 63 E. Main St. the American Red Cross will be set up and accepting donations …
Dave Jones reaches the 50+ gallon donation mark with the American Red Cross. Jones began donating in the early 1960s and has reached this amazing number by donations of whole blood and platelets. What an amazing gift he has given so many people. Read Full Article
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In 2016, blood donors saved and improved the lives of 27,000 New Zealanders. However, with around 20,000 people leaving the donor registry each year, more blood donors are always needed. I asked our readers what inspires them to face the needle, and received an overwhelming response. Susie Hare: My son’s life …
Running 100 miles sounds like pure hell for most people. Not for Brian Boyle. That’s because traveling that far on foot means his heart is pumping and his lungs are working — functions we so easily take for granted. If you remember back to when we first covered the 31-year-old …
Proudly clutching his Beads of Courage, Nathan Mowat shows just how far he has come in his battle with leukaemia. The brave seven-year-old from Gourock, Renfrewshire, has endured countless procedures and rounds of medication during more than three years of treatment during a clinical trial. With each injection, round of …
A young family from Ladner, along with 75 of their family members and friends, gave back at a Canadian Blood Services donor clinic at the Ladner Community Centre Wednesday. The outpouring of support was a way of saying thanks following a serious medical emergency the family experienced this summer. Carly …