ConnectLife Blog

Meet Rachele Anello, Birth Tissue Coordinator at ConnectLife.

Each Account Executive covers a specific area across the eight counties of Western New York. Read through our Q & A to get to know them!

Nicole Dell shares her experience as a kidney and pancreas transplant recipient. She celebrated her transplant anniversary on June 20, 2023.

Milo Harvey Jr. was my oldest brother. Our family is very close, and he loved his family. We are so proud of Milo for being an eye donor.

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

Nicholas was an amazing father, son, and friend. He loved his children, Jackson and Grace, his mom Lorie, and his rescue dog Winter.

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.

No matter who you are or who you love, you have the power to save lives through organ and blood donation. Pride saves lives!

I want people to know how amazing my dad truly was. He was the best dad, best papa, and best friend anyone could ask for.

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

Platelet donations play a vital role in saving lives at our local hospitals including at ECMC.

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

Platelets are one of the most vital gifts a person can give, and yet most Western New Yorkers don’t know the first thing about them.

Logan was a sweet and generous 16-year-old sophomore in high school who loved singing, acting, and all living things.

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

April 15 will forever be the day we remember the loss of an extraordinary young man. At only 29, he left this world with a legacy of love.

“Our goal is not only to help support the WNY community, but also bring awareness to the never-ending need for blood and platelets.”