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Blood Donation

Big Save Blood Drive

By Sydney Kodatsky | Friday, August 31, 2012 - 12:00pm

CBS partnered with Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) for the 3rd annual event to draw sports enthusiasts out to give blood alongside their favorite athletes!

Last year this one day mega-clinic at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto brought in 574 units of blood.

Answering TTP Foundation was thrilled to participate again this year. We appreciate the opportunity to thank donors for their precious gift, and to educate all participants about TTP.

Rare Disease Day TTP Blood Drive

By Sydney Kodatsky | Monday, May 14, 2012 - 10:34am

Participants gathered their friends, family and co-workers to join the team to give blood anywhere in the world on International Rare Diseases Day (February 29, 2012) in honour of TTP.

Registration for the 2012 event is now closed. Canadian participants can still join the effort as part of the Answering TTP Foundation's Partner for Life Program with Canadian Blood Services (see above).

Fundraising Initiatives

2011 Walk Top Fundraisers

By Sydney Kodatsky | Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 9:29am

Congratulations to all 70 participants for their efforts.

Together we raised $22 000 and much needed awareness!

Special mention to Mina Rajan whose initiative raised over $10,200 with her effort from Calgary, Alberta.

Top fundraisers in order of total amount raised:

Support Groups

October 27: Toronto Support Group & Info Session

By Sydney Kodatsky | Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 1:31pm

The 3rd Toronto TTP Support Group and Information Session held on October 27, 2011 was a more intimate sized group. We had more engagement from attendees than ever before.

Special thanks to the courageous patients who shared their experiences with the group. As always, these patient stories were very well received and broke the ice for the small group discussions. The small group discussions went so well, they went overtime and were still hard to wrap up.

Blood Donation

More Buzz For TTP!

By Sydney Kodatsky | Sunday, October 2, 2011 - 1:14pm

Sydney Kodatsky, Exec. Director Answering TTP Foundation, shared her TTP experience with Canadian Blood Services' staff on September 28, 2011 as part of their employee recognition event. Canadian Blood Services connects Canadian TTP patients with blood product required for treatment.

Blood Donation

Congrats to Canadian Blood Services for their biggest blood drive EVER!

By Sydney Kodatsky | Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 12:24pm

Answering TTP Foundation was excited to help coordinate volunteers for Canadian Blood Service (CBS)'s annual Big Save held on June 20th in Toronto, Canada at the Air Canada Centre. The event was sponsored by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. The event included some team mascots (they own the Leafs, Raptors and Toronto FC) and sport personalities.The goal for the day was to have 175 first time donors and CBS ended up having 342 'newbies'! CBS set a goal of collecting 500 units of blood between 10am and 7pm that day. THEY DID IT! CBS collected 574 units!

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