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Bruce and Anita Luehring spend their retirement driving blood donations to small Kansas towns, part of a volunteer force that makes up 90% of the American Red Cross workforce. Their work helps bridge a critical gap as blood drives face persistent shortages from no-shows and deferred donors.
After a horrific car crash required 48 surgeries and 14 units of blood, Cooper Roy is inspiring his former high school to host their biggest blood drive ever. The Fair Grove student body is turning his recovery into a community-wide movement to save lives.
A bishop in southern India joined hundreds of volunteers to donate blood and provide free healthcare on Palm Sunday. The annual event transforms faith into action while saving lives across the community.
Maddie Rea needed 16 blood transfusions to beat brain cancer, and now she's making sure other patients have the same chance. The 8-year-old is hosting her second blood drive to give back to her Tennessee community.
Jenny Farley spent years documenting stories of lives saved by blood donations—never imagining she'd become one of those stories herself. After a routine surgery went wrong, five transfusions saved her life and inspired her entire family to donate.
Seth Walsh survived leukemia five times thanks to 225 blood transfusions from his community. Now his family's nonprofit has collected over 500 donations to help other children fighting cancer.
A five-time leukemia survivor who needed more than 225 blood transfusions is now rallying his community to save other lives. Seth Walsh and his family have turned their hardest years into hope for other families facing similar battles.
A forgotten blood donation from 2016 led researchers to discover Dennis Massimo had Lynch syndrome and stage III colon cancer at 42. The early catch likely saved his life.
Health organizations in the Netherlands are launching a hopeful campaign to bring life-saving donations to underserved communities. When patients match with donors from similar ethnic backgrounds, their survival rates soar.
Two Australian music stars are turning a life-threatening medical crisis and childhood cancer into a powerful message about the gift of blood donation. Their reimagined version of Sia's "Unstoppable" celebrates the donors who saved their lives.
MTN Ghana is aiming to collect over 7,000 pints of blood during its annual Valentine's Day donation campaign, building on 15 years of saving lives. Since 2011, the telecom company has mobilized 26,620 units of blood for hospitals nationwide.
MTN Ghana is transforming Valentine's Day into a nationwide blood donation movement, partnering with Ho Teaching Hospital to address critical shortages. The campaign mobilizes communities across dozens of centers, turning corporate resources into emergency healthcare support.
Benji Sanchez, an 11-year-old who beat childhood cancer three times, partnered with Critical Care Comics to combat a critical blood shortage in Las Vegas. The initiative comes as hospitals nationwide lost over 2,000 blood donations due to severe weather, with cancer patients relying on a quarter of the nation's blood supply. #
A Minnesota teacher who needed 320 blood and platelet transfusions during her cancer battle now organizes school blood drives to help save other lives. Elizabeth Lowry turned her second chance into action for her community.
Civil Air Patrol volunteers supported blood drives at West Point and the Naval Academy, collecting 1,581 units of blood. That's enough to save nearly 5,000 military members and their families worldwide.
The FDA has quietly updated blood donation rules in recent years, but most people still think they can't donate because of outdated myths. Common barriers like tattoos, vaccines, and travel restrictions have been dramatically reduced.
Scientists created a dime-sized device that checks if donated blood is still safe to use, potentially saving lives by catching weak blood before transfusion. The chip uses sound waves to stress-test red blood cells through a smartphone.
When winter storms left millions without power across the South, nine volunteers from Oregon and Washington grabbed their bags and headed east to help strangers through the worst days of their lives. The Red Cross deployed these local heroes to states hit hardest by the deadly weather.
Seven Oregon and Southwest Washington volunteers are heading south to help shelter over 4,000 people displaced by extreme winter weather. Four more local volunteers are on standby as the Red Cross responds to one of winter's biggest emergency operations.
Simple non-monetary rewards like free bus rides and hospital visits increased blood donations without compromising safety. The model could help other countries tackle blood shortages.
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