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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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
Plasma

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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A Filipino woman, wearing a blue jacket with a Canadian Blood Services pin on her lapel.
Plasma

‘Plasma products saved my daughter’s life’

As World Quality Month ends, Christie Beltran reflects on her daughter’s life-saving plasma transfusion and how she’s ensuring the safety and quality of Canadian Blood Services products for others in need

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Brampton Facility
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How Toyota Canada’s “unlikely” partnership has become a critical link in Canada’s Lifeline

Part of our ‘heroes of financial giving’ series

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