Stories from Canadian Blood Services

First-time donor Corina pointing at arm bandage
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Donating blood or plasma for the very first time? Tell us about it!

You could inspire someone else to join the 450 Challenge. Let’s work together to get Canada’s blood pumping! 

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A woman with short brown hair and glasses wearing a Canadian Blood Services Brand Ambassador lanyard around her neck.
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‘Donors saved my son and gave me precious moments with my father’

Marisa Gatfield, territory manager in Windsor, Ont., is grateful to the donors who not only saved her son 24 years ago but allowed for precious moments with her father before he passed away

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Five-year-old Rachelle with her family while in treatment for cancer
Inspiration

Cancer survivor encourages others to give back

Rachelle Drummond required countless blood transfusions to survive cancer

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Image of Bruce Phinney with wife and daughter sitting in a recliner
Inspiration

Blood donors honour incredible legacy of Bruce Phinney

Dec. 25 marks one year since the passing of ‘Mr. Acadia’

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Brookswood Secondary School students in Langley, B.C. encourage youth blood donation
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Youth blood drive inspires new donors this holiday season

Friends from rival high schools team up for youth blood drive

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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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