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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FDA has quietly updated blood donation rules in recent years, but most people still think they can't donate because of outdated myths.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.
Nearly one-third of American Red Cross blood supplies have been depleted as winter weather canceled 400+ donation drives nationwide. Your donation today could save lives like Reihaneh Hajibeigi's, who needed emergency transfusions after childbirth complications.
Riley Mahoney received 19 blood transfusions during her battle with leukemia. Now the Gilbert teen is organizing community blood drives to help save others the way strangers once saved her.