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73-year-old Mr Kotze continues to donate blood to save lives

15 Apr No Comments Anastasia news #thegift, blood donor

Mr Willem Kotze (73) is not worried about donating blood at his age. Mr Kotze is the oldest donor at the Ladysmith Blood Donor Clinic, having already donated 318 times in his life. He is a special, rare donor, with an O-Negative blood type. Mr Kotze was born and raised …

Grateful Ahwatukee parents slate semi-annual blood drive

12 Apr No Comments Anastasia news #thegift, blood drive, blood transfusion

The semi-annual blood drive from the grateful parents of a 3-year-old Ahwatukee girl with a chronic blood disorder will be held later this month. The drive from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 30 at Desert Foothills United Methodist Church, 2156 E. Liberty Lane, Ahwatukee, is sponsored by Kami and …

Young people in Hung Yen join in blood donation event

11 Apr No Comments Anastasia news #thegift, blood donation, blood donor, blood drive

More than 700 young people in the northern province of Hung Yen took part in a blood donation programme on March 14, part of March’s Youth Month activities. The event was held at the University of Finance and Business Administration by the Hung Yen provincial Committee of the Ho Chi …

Moody football coach saved by blood donors

10 Apr No Comments Anastasia news #thegift, blood donation, blood donor, blood transfusion

Months after being admitted to the hospital, Moody High School Football Coach Michael Cantu wants the community to donate blood. In August of 2018, Cantu became sick and as the days passed, he said his condition worsened. Suddenly, he was in a hospital bed. “They were telling me you’re in …

Va. teenage Irish dancer kicks bone cancer to dance in world championship

9 Apr No Comments Anastasia news #thegift, blood transfusion, cancer

A Virginia teen’s cancer diagnosis couldn’t have come at a worse time. After years of competing as an Irish dancer, the pain in his leg took him out of the world championship last year. Now the Front Royal boy has healed and is about to get a second chance on the …

‘I don’t know if I’ll be here in six months’: Mother with blood cancer says

8 Apr No Comments Anastasia news #thegift, blood donor, cancer

A mother-of-two battling an aggressive blood cancer is appealing for potential donors so ‘she can live to see her five-year-old twins grow up’. Meena Kumari-Sharma, 41, originally from Hertfordshire, was recently unable to walk or talk, was on oxygen and in intensive care due to acute myeloid leukaemia. She last …

Blood donor clinic honours Sudbury boy battling leukemia

5 Apr No Comments Anastasia news #thegift, blood donation, blood donor, blood transfusion, cancer

A blood donor clinic in honour of Malleck Kennedy, who is fighting precursor B acute lymphoblastic leukemia, will be held 3-7 p.m. March 19 at the Sudbury Donor Centre, 944 Barrydowne Rd. Kennedy was diagnosed with the cancer in 2017. “The gift of blood is the perfect present for any …

Child’s leukemia treatment boosted by blood donation

4 Apr No Comments Anastasia news #thegift, blood donation, blood drive, blood transfusion, cancer

A night out at a wedding has changed the lives of Beth and Matthew Corbeau. Their son Jackson fell ill and a family member drove him to an urgent care clinic. They were under the assumption the diagnosis of an ear infection would wear off, but after a couple of …

11 year-old cancer survivor highlights the importance of donating blood

3 Apr No Comments Anastasia news #thegift, blood donation, blood donor, blood drive, blood transfusion, cancer

In an effort to raise awareness of the need for blood, an 11-year-old Burlington girl is sharing how donors helped her recovery from childhood cancer. Rowan Dodge was diagnosed with a Wilm’s tumor – a type of childhood cancer that starts in the kidneys – when she was 5. “I …

Local blood donors share their stories

30 Mar No Comments Anastasia news #thegift, blood donation, blood donor, blood drive

One in seven people who walk into a hospital will need a blood transfusion. A single blood donation can save three of those seven people. “I think people are important,” Karl Martin said. He spent about 30 minutes Monday morning giving whole blood. “It’s a need, I have O negative …

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