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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 thi...

Teen Launches Blood Drive For Sister Who Needs Blood, Platelet Donations Shes an energetic and fun-loving 6-year-old, but beneath Violet Jacksons vibrant smile, shes battling B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. She was diagnosed just last month.  Violet is undergoing treatment at Omahas Childrens Hospital, where shes received pints of blood and platelets. "I was thankful the blood was available for Violet when she needed it," said Violets mother, Wendy Jackson. "And I wanted to pay that gift ...

The nation is facing a critical blood shortage thanks in part to the pandemic.

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 Shes an energetic and fun-loving 6-year-old, but beneath Violet Jacksons vibrant smile, shes battling B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. She was diagnosed just last month.   Violet is undergoing treatment at Omahas Childrens Hospital, where shes received pints of blood and platelets. "I wa...

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, w...