Stories: Canadian Blood Services

This week-long sporting event highlights the life-changing power of transplant

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More than 6,000 people across Canada have sickle cell disease, and many rely on blood donors

Wai Yin Mok is grateful to each and every blood donor helping her survive and thrive with a mysterious illness

Bessie Calabria relies on monthly blood transfusions for thalassemia. Her husband, Sal, donates in thanks.

Blood donors helped Emmanuel Boakye survive sickle cell disease. Then a stem cell donation from his sister delivered a life beyond it.

Gratitude for her donors drives Kathleen Zavarise to both seek adventure and serve others

Medication made from the pooled plasma of thousands of donors enabled Marcel Lesage to survive Guillain-Barré syndrome

Sabrina Cannella honours her plasma donors by saving bottle caps from the treatments they’ve made possible