How To Join The Movement

create your own group

Gather your friends. Promote your passion to help Canada without blood shortage...your way. We can do it together: We can help you create your own website, graphic design assets. take photos, and provide information. Below are some of the groups and individuals that support the Canadian Blood Services.

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Vancouvermoms.ca

Here at VancouverMom.ca we’re immensely proud of our Top 30 Vancouver Mom Bloggers. One of the first Vancouver mom bloggers we honoured in 2010 was Marilyn Belsham, for her blog A Lot of Loves. We were shocked and saddened, therefore, to learn that following surgical complications she was in the ICU, in a medically-induced coma. When some bloggers approached her family to ask what we could do as a community to support her family, her husband mentioned blood donation. While she was unwell, she received a lot of blood – well over 100 units. That means that Marilyn is here today, and her two children still have their mother, because dozens of people took the time out of their lives to donate blood. This is no small thing. Blood donation is a very real way to make a difference in the life of another person.

rotary district 5040

The Rotary Club of West Vancouver Sunrise joined Canadian Blood Services in the "Partners for Life Program." Soon afterwards the COVID pandemic hit. This meant that donations could only be made at the two CBS locations on Oak Street and Dunsmuir Street in Vancouver.

That led to a slow start for the Rotary sponsored program in West Vancouver, but through partnerships with other organisations in the community the program could expand when Canadian Blood Services allowed collections in venues other than the two Vancouver ones. This year the Rotary-led community program aimed to achieve 97 pints of blood, but exceeded that by 7% with 107 pints donated.