Stories from Canadian Blood Services

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

A lucky encounter on social media led a patient in need to the living organ donor who saved her life