Category: Blood Donations
“He was fighting to be a kid and now he gets to be.” Parents of a toddler with cancer thank blood donors for saving their son’s life.
Written by Isabel Anderson, Regional Communications Manager In January of 2025, at just 4 months old, Cohen’s parents noticed a lump on his leg that turned into every parent’s worst […]
Great Loss Inspires Blood Donations as Redmond says Goodbye to a Beloved Firefighter
What inspires you to donate? Many times, when you ask someone this, they have a specific person in mind. It could be a parent who died years ago. It could […]
Air Force Veteran Continues to Fight to Save Lives By Giving 40 Gallons of his own Blood.
By Red Cross volunteer Patricia Griffiths “I am feisty!” exclaimed Ken Dale, an 82-year-old Air Force veteran and resident of West Linn, Oregon, as he gets ready to donate his […]
Gen Z takes the lead at the Red Cross; meet volunteer Maya Iyer
Written by Isabella Fiello, Red Cross Volunteer April is Volunteer Appreciation Month and our volunteers fuel our mission. One of our fastest growing generations are Gen Z and Maya Iyer, […]
How Giving Blood Changed a Donor’s Life
By Katherine Liu, Red Cross Volunteer When Katherine Boyd stepped into a blood donation over three years ago, she neverexpected the experience to change her life. In 2018, Katherine was […]
We’re Offering Free A1C Testing to All Blood Donors This March
Written by Lucy Weber, Red Cross Volunteer March is Red Cross Month, a time to celebrate the generosity of blood donors who help save lives every day. This year, we’re […]
How Volunteering Led Me to Donate Blood — and Find Unexpected Love
By Red Cross volunteer Allison Skoglind Before becoming a volunteer with the American Red Cross, I had never donated blood. A rare hereditary blood disorder called protein S deficiency runs […]
Red Cross Phlebotomist Brianna Buchanan Is Drawn To Donors
By Red Cross volunteer Harriet Vanderbilt “I am a people lover”, declared Brianna Buchanan. When she decided to seek a career in healthcare, she wanted to find a pathway that […]
Life Flight Network Paramedic with 1,500 Missions Steps Up to Donate Amid Severe Blood Shortage
By Rebecca Marshall As a flight paramedic for Life Flight Network, Gary McQueen has made a career out of providing emergency lifesaving care and transport to patients suffering severe trauma […]
25 Years on the Road: How Robert Cork Found His Mission with the Red Cross
Written by Allison Skoglind, Red Cross Volunteer When Robert Cork first spotted a job listing for a driver with the American Red Cross, he wasn’t searching for a lifelong calling, […]