Stories from Canadian Blood Services

During the pandemic, connecting stem cell donors to recipients required extra-heroic feats of logistics

For Joel Menard, the chance to donate stem cells ‘felt like winning an unexpected award’

After Kelsey Koch donated her son’s cord blood, it was matched to a patient for a stem cell transplant

Christine Caron needed blood to survive her body’s extreme response to an infection from a dog bite

Blood, plasma and stem cell donors help children survive devastating illnesses

Rachel Van Pelt was thrilled to help a patient ― and to hear from them later, in her own time of grief