A year after receiving life-saving blood donations during her delivery, a Raleigh mother of three has organized a blood drive to help others. “Words can’t express how grateful my family and I are that people did come out last year and donate,” said Harmony VanGundy. VanGundy, who works at Shop
Centennial High School hosted a blood drive Nov. 20. A total of 220 units were collected by 182 donors, which could potentially save 508 lives. This year marked the highest ever collected for Centennial. This is the first time the school has partnered with Memorial Blood Centers, and Centennial was
A fifteen-year-old who fell nearly fifty feet off a cliff edge says he’s still alive today thanks to the double blood transfusion he received at the scene. Leighton Alexander, from North Tyneside, was put into an induced coma after the accident two years ago. He required several blood transfusions on
Nothing means more than the gift of life through blood donation. Your plasma can help people fight a number of illnesses including cancer. The tiny cells help people regain their strength, fight infections and helps them through a quick and smooth recovery following cancer treatments. Now more than ever blood
A mum-of-three has urged people to keep to their blood donation appointments after suffering two miscarriages and having her life saved. Sarah Saunders, 41, from Sutton Bonington, needed three units of blood and surgery at the Queen’s Medical Centre shortly before Christmas 2010 after she started to miscarry severely. Mrs
