By Jennifer Astion Diana Rios started volunteering at the Red Cross in May of 2020. She knew about the Red Cross and wanted to get involved. “I looked on the website and saw they needed temperature screeners for blood drives,” explained Rios. “I got the hang of it. I was working with a nurse in … Continue reading Why I Volunteer: Diana Rios
Red Cross blood drives return to Fairchild AFB
By Gordon Williams The American Red Cross — striving to provide a supply of human blood to match the relentless demand — keeps opening new doors in the search for donors. Red Cross blood drive at Fairchild AFB, April 2021 That’s why, for two days in early April, Red Cross crews collected blood at Fairchild … Continue reading Red Cross blood drives return to Fairchild AFB
Why John Trudeau works seven-day weeks for the Red Cross
By Gordon Williams Once every day — and sometimes more often than that — Red Cross volunteer John Trudeau drives to the Blood Donation Center on Second Street in Yakima, WA. There he helps load a delivery van with human blood and blood products bound for Memorial Hospital, three short miles away. In transporting the … Continue reading Why John Trudeau works seven-day weeks for the Red Cross
Why your blood donation matters, from someone who experienced its lifesaving effect
By Abby Lutz When Tiffany Lundstrom was growing up, she was no stranger to blood donations. “My dad is O negative, so he had given blood a lot,” Tiffany says. But there’s a difference between knowing that donating blood is a worthy cause, and understanding the high-stress situation of needing blood during a crisis. … Continue reading Why your blood donation matters, from someone who experienced its lifesaving effect
Puget Sound area LDS Churches powering local blood drives
Church members Noah and Derek volunteered to support a 2020 Red Cross blood drive By Mark Walker Every two seconds, someone in America requires an infusion of blood. Maintaining supplies necessary to meet that demand is increasingly challenging as the COVID-19 epidemic has resulted in many facilities that hosted blood drives being shuttered. Stepping into … Continue reading Puget Sound area LDS Churches powering local blood drives
December 18 is Blood Donor Day in WA State
By Mark Walker On almost every day of the week, hundreds of Americans across the nation roll up their sleeves and get down to business. In this case, the product these legions of volunteers deliver comes directly out of their arms as they give blood to bolster supplies and help ensure adequate supplies are available … Continue reading December 18 is Blood Donor Day in WA State
Grandson’s cancer opens woman’s eyes to crucial need for blood donations
by Kristin Alexander Seattle resident Laura Buckland’s grandson Henry was just 3 years old when he was diagnosed with leukemia. The news came as a shock to his entire family – Henry had seemed like one of the healthiest kids around. Henry was rushed to Seattle Children’s Hospital, where he underwent a life-saving blood transfusion. … Continue reading Grandson’s cancer opens woman’s eyes to crucial need for blood donations
Packaging the most precious gift – life
By Kristin Alexander The slogan on PAC Worldwide’s website reads, “Protecting The Things People Care AboutTM.” A fitting motto for the Redmond, WA, company, which manufactures packaging materials. In addition to cushioning merchandise sold by e-commerce businesses, its products now safeguard a priceless commodity – human blood collected by the American Red Cross. John Bartell, Vice President of Sustainability for … Continue reading Packaging the most precious gift – life
Why I needed blood
by Tia Jensen Donor number 79 was my bone marrow donor. I received his stem cells via a line placed near my heart. They traveled by heartbeat and eventually seated in my bones. These gifted cells would go on to build new blood components for me. Tia Jensen I was told he was young, 26 years … Continue reading Why I needed blood
Blood donations save cancer patients
By Emily Thornton Nancy Watchie, hoping to recruit new blood donors in Seattle WA, January 2020. She said she knew how much donating blood and platelets could help cancer patients, as she had helped several friends through their cancer, and donated her own blood many times through the years. But on her 50th birthday, Oct. … Continue reading Blood donations save cancer patients