Stories from Canadian Blood Services

Child blood recipient holding ice cream, smiling and pointing at photographer

Precious time for dreams big and small, thanks to blood donors

Blood donations gave Penn time for everything on her bucket list, from ‘eat ice cream’ to ‘visit Disneyland’

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Gratitude prompts kidney recipient to give back to the organ transplant community

Brenda Brown, president of the Canadian Transplant Association, works tirelessly on behalf of organ recipients and donors — thanks to her own lifesaving kidney transplant

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Plasma donations essential to fight rare disease

Linda Paul continues to recover from a rare immune disorder

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Scott Monds puts an arm around his stem cell donor Danielle Bean during a visit that followed the first of his two stem cell transplants.

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Two stem cell transplants from one donor saved his life twice

Scott Monds is so thankful for Danielle Bean's gifts before and during COVID-19

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Family marks stem cell transplant anniversary with appeal to donors

Youngest child Elsa Norton received stem cells and many blood transfusions

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Liver donor, recipient mark fifth anniversary of lifesaving transplant

Jenn Bruno pursued liver donation to help Tony Pasqua, father of a lifelong friend.

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A grieving mother’s journey to help others

Denice Klavano contributed to new plan to improve cornea donation in Canada

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