In 2002, Dave Charlebois’s stem cells saved the life of Sarah Byrne. She was just one year old at the time.

Tammy Whitteker is part of the Ottawa team which processes and tests stem cells for lifesaving transplants

Melissa Deleary got the call to donate many years after she joined Canada’s stem cell registry

Donors and recipients share their stories in a new video

In these anxious times, Jason Chiasson is counting on an anonymous donor to help him beat blood cancer.

Imagine your sibling, parent, or child was sick with a life-threatening illness and there was nothing you could do to save them.

With the stress of exams and the excitement of the upcoming holiday season hanging in the air, 20-year old Crystal Nguyen sits behind a small booth in the middle of her college campus, while her fellow students buzz by.

Hassan Nawab is only 21 years old, but his record of volunteer service would be impressive for someone twice his age.

Sharon Bulger can still remember the feeling of the air being completely sucked out of her lungs, when she learned her eight-year-old son Cameron had brain cancer.

Blood cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in the world with hundreds of Canadians requiring a donor for a stem cell transplant each year. Only a fourth of patients in need of blood stem cell donation will find a donor within their family – the rest will rely on a complete stranger to save their lives.