ConnectLife Blog

Glenn Gordon started donating platelets with ConnectLife in 2012. He is a father, husband, and avid bicyclist.

ConnectLife teams up with Buffalo Bills for August giveaways. Donors to receive Bills mini-cooler bags and chances at regular-season tickets

ConnectLife is partnering with Perry’s Ice Cream in July, National Ice Cream Month, to encourage the community to give blood.

ConnectLife, WNY’s only community blood bank, is excited to announce that donors will be welcomed under the FDA’s new guidelines.

My daughter Hannah was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia b cell on June 24, 2022. She has needed red blood cells & platelets.

ConnectLife supports the FDA’s final guidance establishing a blood donor screening process based on individual donor assessments.

Cody is a double red cell donor with O positive blood. His wife, two kids, and golden retriever are the light of his life.

See the impact our community has made in 2022 with the help from ConnectLife. #ImpactReport

Liam is a 10-year-old boy fighting T-cell ALL Leukemia. His mom Liz shares about the importance of community blood and platelet donation.

Our February 2023, Blood Donor Highlight Hero is Patti Fee, an O negative blood donor.

Your story matters: ConnectLife blood donors save local lives. Share your story!

Come prepared to your donation appointment!

WNY’s only community blood back, ConnectLife, is raising awareness about the need for blood donation this National Blood Donor Month.

January is National Blood Donor Month. This month's story, features a family who has a special connection to blood and platelet donation.

ConnectLife is in need of a new mobile blood bus. Help support our community blood bank. Donate today!

Since the pandemic, the critical blood shortages continue to astound me and I’ve seen firsthand the impact that this is having on patients.