Canadian Blood Services needs donors as demand rises over holidays

Canadian Blood Services is looking to fill hundreds of donation appointments in Calgary between now and the end of December as the need for blood goes up over the holidays. Pat Lepine has donated blood more than a hundred times over the past 25 years. It all started when someone close to her needed it. “It in fact saved that person’s life, so I thought well, if I can help a bit, I will,” she told CTV News. That urge to give hasn’t stopped flowing out of her since. “