03May/15

Blood donation day at brewery – Times of Malta


Times of Malta

Blood donation day at brewery
Times of Malta
The Farsons Group has renewed its call for blood donors as part of its annual corporate social responsibility initiatives. The invitation was also extended to the company’s neighbouring organisations. The activity, organised in collaboration with the

03May/15

Fresno resident meets woman who helped save her life with organ donation – Fresno Bee


Fresno Bee

Fresno resident meets woman who helped save her life with organ donation
Fresno Bee
Sandy Lynch met Emily “Missy” McAlister, who donated her brother’s organs after he died. Sandy received one of Gary Brandt’s kidney’s 20 years ago, which Sandy credits it with saving her life. For the first time after years of phone calls and letters

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03May/15

‘Orphan Black’ Explains The Female & Male Clones Are Related, So This Fight … – Bustle


Bustle

‘Orphan Black’ Explains The Female & Male Clones Are Related, So This Fight
Bustle
Will anything now change between the male and female clones? I don’t know. Sarah admits to clone Mark that they’re related, and he’s completely freaked out by that idea. “Think about it,” Sarah yells at him, “Castor and Leda. Two donors. Two originals.
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02May/15

Organ donation: the community is vital to the meaning of being an individual – The Guardian


The Guardian

Organ donation: the community is vital to the meaning of being an individual
The Guardian
Richard Hain had to decide if it was ethical to take kidneys from an individual who could not possibly give consent. He decided that with the parents’ consent it was, because: “Being a person is not simply an ability to give informed consent… The

02May/15

Calling all walkathoners: MEOC pleads for walkers and donors for Sunday’s … – Kingsport Times News


Kingsport Times News

Calling all walkathoners: MEOC pleads for walkers and donors for Sunday’s
Kingsport Times News
This past winter MEOC assisted 1,356 home heating related emergencies and spent over $250,000 on home heating related expenses. The annual Walkathon is critical to MEOC’s ability to restore the EFF to help meet next winter’s emergency needs across …