Hockey Gives Blood, one of our national Partners for Life organizations, enlisted a few of its famous friends to help spread the word about the importance of stem cell registration. Last month, prominent Canadian-born players — including Sidney Crosby — used a social media video to encourage eligible Canadians to join the national stem cell registry.
Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency provides fire protection, rescue and first responder assistance throughout Halifax, Nova Scotia. Annette Thompson makes sure they also assist the community by donating blood.
Like many other charity events this year, the 2020 Run for Calgary went virtual for the first time ever, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite some unprecedented challenges, however, organizers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association were still able to bring a record number of supporters and volunteers together from across the country to raise funds to help support patients in need.
September’s inaugural Rotary blood drive challenged Rotarians, along with their families and friends, to give blood, yielding a total of 104 donations.
