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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.
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.
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.
A small island community is rallying to meet an ambitious blood donation goal that could save hundreds of lives. The Nantucket Saves team spent six months organizing what could become one of the area's largest blood drives.
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. #
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.
Quinn Danielsen needed 41 blood transfusions to beat neuroblastoma, and now he's organizing a Red Cross blood drive to help other kids fighting cancer. The event happens Saturday at the Lindon City Community Center.
Seventeen-year-old Ariya Behrens is sharing her powerful story of how blood donations helped her beat cancer. Her message comes as the Pint for a Pint Blood Drive encourages donors to give blood and enjoy free ice cream this summer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Delhi's Health Minister kicked off a blood donation drive at a major hospital, calling the act of giving blood a lifesaving gift that strengthens community trust in public healthcare. The initiative aims to ensure no patient goes without treatment due to blood shortages.
A new NHS campaign is rallying blood donors to help fill a critical shortage affecting thousands of sickle cell patients across England. Major brands are draining the red from their logos to spotlight the urgent need.
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.
When medical students warned that their hospital was running dangerously low on blood, a youth group decided to donate instead of just talking about it. The O'hana Foundation organized a blood drive that brought 13 donors to replenish critical supplies at Modilon Hospital in Madang.
Scientists at the University of Auckland discovered that a tiny breathing control center in the brainstem may be secretly driving high blood pressure. When they turned it off in experiments, blood pressure dropped to normal levels.
More than 1,500 people in Salem, India turned a politician's birthday into a lifesaving gift for strangers. The mass blood donation drive honored Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay by helping hospital patients in need.
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