Tag: blood donations
Remarkable Red Cross Blood Drive at Southern Oregon University: Seventeen Years in the Making.
By Red Cross Volunteer Shatabdi Pal. In 2024, the American Red Cross faced a dire national blood shortage, with inventory dropping over 25% in July due to extreme summer heat […]
The Quilt of Love and Kindness Sums up a Lifetime With the Red Cross.
Written by Blood Donor, Mike Devenney I’m 72 years old but I still have my American Red Cross card that qualifies me as a Beginner In Swimming. It’s dated August […]
Red Cross emergency blood shortage may delay medical procedures
Dawn Johnson, Red Cross Cascades Region The American Red Cross is experiencing an emergency blood shortage as the nation faces the lowest number of people giving blood in 20 years. […]
Friendship Built through Saving Lives Together
Patricia Griffiths/Red Cross Cascades Region Between the windswept Columbia River and snow-capped Mount Hood, lies the pioneer hamlet of Troutdale, Oregon, where two men have forged a friendship by saving […]
Blood Donors Saved Her Grandchildren, Now She’s Rolling up Her Sleeve to Give Back
Olivia Wolf/Red Cross Cascades Region “We have a whole bunch of miracle babies in our family,” says Pamela Richardson, a Red Cross blood donor and a grandmother of five. “They’re […]
Local Volunteer Grateful for Life-Saving Blood Donations
Red Cross Cascades volunteer Ashlie Freeman saved by lifesaving blood transfusion.
This unique Cascades Region blood donor is celebrated as a ‘Hero for Babies’
Paul Carlson, aka Super Hero for Babies, carries a special kind of blood necessary for newborns needing transfusions, CMV negative.
Oregon’s 41-Gallon Blood Donation Hero
Patricia Griffiths/Red Cross Cascades Region On May 18, 2022, 80-year-old Ken Marque of Woodburn, Oregon finished a marathon without running or walking. On that day he gave a unit, or […]
Son’s blood transfusions and heartbreaking cancer battle, leads mom to Red Cross career ‘to give back’
Story by Lara Weberling/Red Cross Cascades Region Our son Hans was just three years old when he was diagnosed with Stage IV High Risk Neuroblastoma in 2006. They found a large […]
Cascades Region Phlebotomist to Retire after 25 Years of Collecting Blood in Central Oregon
Story by Julie E. Furnas/Red Cross Cascades Region Mark Vieu started his career as a whole blood Phlebotomist with the Red Cross in Bend, in 1996. Mark plans to retire […]