Stories from Canadian Blood Services

Man standing with arms crossed in a laboratory

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How students can save lives while competing for scholarships this summer

With the Assignment Saving Lives Scholarship Program, recruit donors to win up to $6500 toward your 2024-2025 tuition

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Ramblers Blood donors group shot at Canadian Blood Services, everyone is wearing masks

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Halifax cyclists inspire each other to donate blood

Cycling club honours one member’s donation milestone and helps meet another member’s ongoing need for donated blood

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Sikh Nation volunteers B.C. and Yukon region, one of the organization’s largest donor groups in the country

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Sikh Nation recognized for contributions to Canada's Lifeline

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Image of stem cell donor Jason Kooy and blood donor Sierra Kooby on their wedding day

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Stem cells brought them together. Now they want others to share the love

Stem cells are a big part of Jason and Sierra Kooy's love story, one they hope inspires others to donate

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Jeff Brown of Capreol, Ont. received immunoglobulin to treat Guillain-Barré syndrome (CBS)

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Medication from plasma spurs recovery from terrifying illness

Jeff Brown could have been permanently disabled by Guillain-Barré syndrome

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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

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Cancer survivor encourages others to give back

Rachelle Drummond required countless blood transfusions to survive cancer

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