Jul 1, 2021
Violet Jackson was a happy six year-old when she got sick. She was diagnosed with Leukemia last month and among the treatments was an infusion of blood and platelets at Omaha Children’s Hospital. Mom
Wendywas so thankful for the blood someone gave that she donated blood herself.
Then Violet’s teen sister went a step further.
Eden organized a community blood drive. Right now, in case you didn’t know, there is a serious blood shortage across the country. So what happened at this drive was amazing. Not only was it a success, but they reached full capacity!
Teen Launches Blood Drive For Sister Who Needs Blood, Platelet Donations
She s an energetic and fun-loving 6-year-old, but beneath Violet Jackson s vibrant smile, she s battling B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. She was diagnosed just last month.
Violet is undergoing treatment at Omaha s Children s Hospital, where she s received pints of blood and platelets. I was thankful the blood was available for Violet when she needed it, said Violet s mother, Wendy Jackson. And I wanted to pay that gift forward, so I scheduled my blood donation.
Then, big sister Eden got really inspired.
She organized a community blood drive, and at a critical time when the nation is facing a blood shortage amid the pandemic. With the 16-year-year old s efforts, this blood drive hit capacity.
Her sister needed blood and platelet donations to survive. It inspired this teen to launch a blood drive By Elise Preston Teen starts blood drive to help little sister with leukemia
She s an energetic and fun-loving 6-year-old, but beneath Violet Jackson s vibrant smile, she s battling B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. She was diagnosed just last month.
Violet is undergoing treatment at Omaha s Children s Hospital, where she s received pints of blood and platelets. I was thankful the blood was available for Violet when she needed it, said Violet s mother, Wendy Jackson. And I wanted to pay that gift forward, so I scheduled my blood donation.
Mothering the Prairie
MYRTLE HAYES WRIGHT
LITTLE more than four weeks ago during the first week of March to be exact the newspapers carried a despatch from Saskatoon which announced with the baldness common to news despatches that a long standing feud among the farmers of Western Canada had been terminated through the amalgamation of the Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association and the Farmers’ Union of Canada. Tucked away at the bottom of the story as it appeared in the public prints, was an intimation that the announcement had been authorized by a certain Mrs. John McNaughton and that this Mrs. McNaughton had acted as secretary of the joint committee responsible for artahgihg the marriage.