Stories from Canadian Blood Services

Child blood recipient holding ice cream, smiling and pointing at photographer
Inspiration

Precious time for dreams big and small, thanks to blood donors

Blood donations gave Penn time for everything on her bucket list, from ‘eat ice cream’ to ‘visit Disneyland’

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Alberta man holds precious donor stem cells just prior to receiving them for his lifesaving transplant on October 24th, 2018
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Alberta man thankful for the generosity of donors this holiday season

Michael Wark required blood products to treat Acute Myeloid Leukemia

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Jamaique Rose poses with her three daughters. Jamaique urgently needs a stem cell transplant. She urges Black Canadians to join the stem cell registry.
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‘I desperately need a Black donor to come forward’

Jamaique Rose, a single mother in Toronto with leukemia, urgently needs a stem cell transplant

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Michelle Pho, seen here with her husband Blaine Pho and their children Emily and Carson, died in 2018 after a multi-year wait for a kidney transplant.
Inspiration

Data offers hope to patients waiting for organ transplant

Family mourning loss of wife and mother hopes system improvements will help others

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Image of Julia Schmitt holding up a picture frame of her and her dad wearing hockey equipment in an indoor hockey rink.
Inspiration

Hockey player carries on her father’s legacy through blood donation

Hockey Gives Blood player ambassador Julia Schmitt is making saves and saving lives.

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Natalie Pallisco plasma recipient and blood donor posing while out for a run
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Plasma recipient celebrates 10 years, 1,000 donations with 100km fundraiser

Part of our ‘heroes of financial giving’ series

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Canadian Society of Transplantation’s Circle of Excellence
Inspiration

Canadian Blood Services helps employees become living organ donors

Policies earn organization a place in Canadian Society of Transplantation’s Circle of Excellence

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