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Canadians open their pocketbooks for ‘desperate’ Syrian refugees: ‘They are …
National Post HALIFAX — Writing a cheque for a Syrian refugee family gave Gabrielle Horne a powerful sense of connection to her own grandparents. The Halifax cardiologist is among the thousands of Canadian donors who reached into their bank accounts this fall to … |
Husband donates kidney to wife – WDAM-TV
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Husband donates kidney to wife
WDAM-TV “In the distant past, only people who were genetically related would donate organs, but now it’s becoming far more common for people that are not genetically related to do it, so husband to wife, wife to husband, friend to friend and anonymous donors,” Dr. |
What you need to know about Arizona’s tax credits – azcentral.com
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What you need to know about Arizona’s tax credits
azcentral.com Amount: Donors can take a credit of up to $400 for married couples filing jointly, or $200 for others — provided they donate at least that much. There’s a related, optional credit that supports roughly two dozen qualifying foster-care organizations … |
83-year-old Poughkeepsie man about to make 300th blood donation – The Daily Freeman
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83-year-old Poughkeepsie man about to make 300th blood donation
The Daily Freeman EAST FISHKILL >> Frank Van Zanten, an 83-year-old retiree who lives in Poughkeepsie, doesn’t sit around wasting time. When he isn’t snowboarding in Vermont, Van Zanten often can be found donating blood at the East Fishkill location of the New York … Snowboarder, 83, makes 300th blood donationMid-Hudson News |
Strawbery Banke Breaks Ground on Boatshop – Patch.com
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Strawbery Banke Breaks Ground on Boatshop
Patch.com “With funds and materials provided by early donors, we were able to get the foundation in place before the snow and freeze sets in.” The first phase of The Boatshop at Strawbery Banke, which will provide expanded maritime history-related exhibits, … |
Marking 25 Years of Progress in Blood and Marrow Transplantation – OncLive
Marking 25 Years of Progress in Blood and Marrow TransplantationOncLiveThe first BMT for a patient with leukemia was in 1968 and the first BMT using an unrelated donor was in 1979. Fast forward to 2015, when the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) has…
Principal to give former student ultimate Christmas gift: Her kidney – Washington Post
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Principal to give former student ultimate Christmas gift: Her kidney
Washington Post About 11,500 will get transplants from deceased donors, and another 5,500 will get organs from so-called living donors like Buell. While most donors are members of a patient’s family, a growing number are acquaintances, co-workers, neighbors. In a … |
Croydon mum who defied odds after being given weeks to live home for Christmas – Croydon Advertiser
Croydon AdvertiserCroydon mum who defied odds after being given weeks to live home for ChristmasCroydon AdvertiserWHILE Ashley was in hospital, her friends started a campaign to raise awareness of the importance of organ donation, urging people to sign…
Donation help Missouri nonprofit pay off mortgage – Washington Times
Donation help Missouri nonprofit pay off mortgageWashington TimesThus they created SERVE, Inc., which was related to, but legally separate from, EM. The Fulton Sun (http://bit.ly/1Ny5FFQ ) reports that early programs included, among others, a Christ-ce…
This young woman fears she may not live to see next Christmas unless she can … – WalesOnline
WalesOnlineThis young woman fears she may not live to see next Christmas unless she can …WalesOnline… fears she may not live to see next Christmas unless suitable donors are found. Kimberly Chard, from Cardiff, was born with cystic fibrosis, a gene…