For his 84th blood donation, Paradise man gives extra-special Christmas gift

It was like being a secret Santa to a secret recipient — but Brian Young of Paradise knew all he needed to know because the gift he was giving was far more valuable than anything that could be bought in a store. On Saturday, the 49-year-old — originally from Stephenville …
Thousands of people, mainly students and youngsters, donated 1,200 blood units during the Chu nhat Do (Red Sunday) blood donation festival held at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology on Sunday. Speaking at the event, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh praised contributions of the programme, organisations and …
Dan and Robyn Yatchuk and their four-year-old son Khoen know all too well the importance of blood donation. The Ladner family is sharing their story through Canadian Blood Services encouraging others to support Canada’s Lifeline. Khoen was born with Hereditary Spherocytosis and had his first transfusion at three weeks old. …
A Ladner family is making a plea for more blood donors to help their four-year-old boy, who needs ongoing blood transfusions. “Donating blood truly is a selfless gift,” said Robyn Yatchuk, whose son Khoen was born with a hereditary blood disorder. “If you don’t know someone who needs blood you …
Blood donation camp by women for women- a new initiative launched by the Blood Donors Mangalaru Women’s Wing is expected to change the way people think about blood donation as a male dominated service. Read Full Article
A boy living with cancer hopes Calgarians will roll up their sleeves and let the donations flow, saying he wouldn’t be alive today without them. “They had to take some of my good and bad blood and replace it with good blood,” Foster Garrison said Tuesday at a blood drive …
A mum who needed seven litres of blood transfused after being put on medication for a clot in her lung says she “would not be here today” if it wasn’t for people donating blood. Carol Dickens, aged 40, attended A&E at King’s Mill Hospital in February this year suffering chest …
The 8th annual Wes Leonard Memorial Blood Drive was held on Saturday at Fennville Middle School. Leonard was a high school basketball player who collapsed on the court in 2011 from a sudden cardiac arrest. In the years since Leonard’s death, his family has developed the Wes Leonard Heart Team …
‘Your donations made it possible for Rosie to have a second chance at life,’ Brian Audia tells group of selfless donors at celebratory event. Brian Audia stood up in front of a room of about 200 people on Monday night with a colourful chain of beads in his hands. The …
Boston Children’s Hospital will host a blood drive in honor of Quinn Waters, a 3-year-old boy from Weymouth, recently diagnosed with brain cancer. Dubbed “The Mighty Quinn” by his supporters, Quinn is battling medulloblastoma, a type of cancer found most often in the brains of young children. He was diagnosed …