The American Red Cross, along with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is holding a blood drive in honor of the fallen Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer with donors able to win a trip to Super Bowl LVIII. The blood drive is set to take place in Clinkunbroomer’s hometown of Santa Clarita at Henry Mayo Hospital in the Education Center on Monday, ...
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Shortage Of Blood Donations Needs Support; Call Henry Mayo Hospital To Help Out
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital officials are asking Santa Clarita residents to help out with blood donations to keep patients healthy during the reported nationwide blood shortage. Nationwide blood shortages have caused Henry Mayo Hospital officials to reach out to Santa Clarita residents to give if they are able to do so.
Read More »COVID-19 Antibody Testing Blood Drive Hosted By UCLA, Santa Clarita Valley Community
UCLA is scheduled to host a blood drive at Real Life Church later this month, and is seeking Santa Clarita residents to participate. On Wednesday, June 23 UCLA is set to host COVID-19 antibody testing along with a blood drive at Real Life Church, according to officials. Antibody testing may be performed with select blood donations according to blood drive ...
Read More »Santa Clarita Congressman Mike Garcia Hosts Blood Drive For Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital
With blood banks seeing a drop off in blood storage due to the coronavirus pandemic, Santa Clarita Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, and his campaign hosted a blood drive on Saturday to support the Houchin Community Blood Bank in Santa Clarita. In partnership with the Garcia campaign’s Saturday of Service, Garcia hosted a blood drive drive at the Garcia Headquarters ...
Read More »Community Blood Drive Arranged In Honor Of Valencia High Teenager
The Houchin Community Blood Bank (HCBB) is set to host a blood drive in honor of Pedro Roman, a 17-year old Valencia High School student who recently entered remission after battling leukemia. The blood drive is scheduled to be held on Saturday, Jan. 30, at 20870 Centre Pointe Parkway from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and all donors are set ...
Read More »Valencia High Football Player With Leukemia Seeks Bone Marrow Donation
Valencia High School is set to host a blood drive and bone marrow donor registration in honor of Pedro Roman, a Valencia High Junior diagnosed with leukemia last year who is now in need of a bone marrow transplant. In September 2019, Pedro Roman was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and a GoFundMe was set up by family friend Alana ...
Read More »Blood, Organ Donation Shortages Across Nation Impact Patients
In the face of the impact of COVID-19, many “non-essential” medical procedures have been put on hold, but for those in need of organ or blood donations, this has caused a dangerous shortage. Dr. Marwa Kilani, an internal medicine specialist from Providence Holy Cross, shared her perspective on the effects of COVID-19 on her work and the impact it has ...
Read More »Real Life Church To Give Out 3,000 Masks For Free Saturday
Real Life Church is set to be giving out around 3,000 masks Saturday to those in need of one, officials said. On Saturday, Real Life Church is set to give packages of five masks away between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. on a first-come, first-served basis, according to event organizers. “Masks will be prepackaged in packs of five. Limit one ...
Read More »‘Severe’ Blood Shortage Reported Due To Coronavirus, Blood Drive Planned In Santa Clarita
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital is set to team up with the American Red Cross Thursday to host a blood drive after the coronavirus, COVID-19, led to the cancellation of multiple drives, causing a “severe” shortage of blood, officials said. Nearly 2,700 Red Cross blood drives have been canceled across the country and in Santa Clarita due to coronavirus concerns, resulting ...
Read More »‘O’ So Needed: Red Cross Critically In Need Of Blood Donations
With less than a three-day supply of type O blood available for patient emergencies and medical treatments, the American Red Cross has extended an urgent call for donors of all blood types to give blood or platelets, officials said. With influenza escalating across the country and preventing some donors from giving, and winter weather threatening to cancel blood drives, the ...
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