Blood Donor Clinic Opens at Bloor-Yonge

If it weren’t for blood transfusions he received while waiting for a bone marrow transplant, Staff Sergeant Dave Ecklund wouldn’t be alive today.

Since being diagnosed with aplastic anemia and obtaining a bone marrow from younger brother Mike that saved his life, the Strategy Management officer has been a Canadian Blood Services (CBS) supporter and volunteer for the last 17 years.

Ecklund attended the opening of permanent blood donor clinic at Bloor & Yonge on May 4.

“I am alive today because of blood donors and was able to fulfil my dream of becoming a police officer,” he said.

Staff Superintendent Kim Yeandle and Staff Sergeant Joyce Schertzer, the executive officer to Deputy Chief Barbara McLean, also attended the opening. Schertzer has been a regular blood donor for the last seven years.

The new Canadian Blood Donor Clinic is located at 2 Bloor St. E.

To book an appointment to donate blood, visitblood.ca