Hockey Gives Blood

Narrator: The last thing you want to hear when you are 13 years old
Description: Young women wearing hockey equipment is standing on the ice rink in a dark arena, holding a framed photo.
Narrator: is that your Dad has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Description: Camera zooms in to the framed photo and shows a young girl and older man smiling.
Narrator: My Dad, Mike, introduced me to hockey. He coached minor hockey in Truro
Description: The same young women is sitting in a dark dressing room, tying up her hockey skates. She is wearing a mask.
Narrator: and would spend hours with us in our backyard rink.
Description: Home video footage of a group of people playing hockey on a small outdoor skating rink.
Narrator: My dad used to say to me, “I’m not just making you not a better hockey player, I’m making you a better person”.
Description: The young women sits in the dark dressing room, holding a framed photo of the same man seen in the previous photo.
Narrator: My Dad lost his battle in 2015.
Description: The young women in hockey equipment walks through a corridor, towards the skating rink, with her back to the camera. Her jersey reads “Schmitt” and the number “8”.
Narrator: Generous strangers who regularly donated blood helped to extend the time he had with our family and it meant the world to us.
Description: Several photos of people donating blood rapidly flash on the screen. The slideshow pauses on a photo of a man with his arms around three kids dressed in hockey equipment.
Narrator: Because of the donors who helped my dad, I now regularly donate blood and have registered my consent to be an organ donor.
Description: The young woman in hockey equipment leans over the boards in the dark hockey arena, looking out over the ice.
Narrator: My name is Julia Schmitt. I play Defense for the St. Francis Xavier University Women’s Hockey Team and I am a proud member of the Hockey Gives Blood Player Ambassador program.
Description: She is shown in the dark dressing room and on the rink wearing a mask. She skates down the ice and shots a puck into an empty net.
Narrator: Together, we can make a difference for patients who live, work and play in communities across Canada.
Description: The young woman is back in the dressing room in a t-shirt that reads “Hockey Gives Blood”.
Narrator: Book your appointment today at blood.ca/HGB
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Super: Register today at blood.ca/BeAHero
Graphic: Logos: Canadian Blood Services, Hockey Gives Blood, Brought to you by Canada Life.

Narrator: I’m Alex Kannok-Leipert
Description: A young man wearing a toque stands outdoors in front of a winter scene and speaks directly to the camera.
Narrator: Team captain of the Vancouver Giants and proud Hockey Gives Blood player ambassador.
Description: The camera zooms in closely to the young man’s face, and the text on his toque becomes visible. A patch reads “Hockey Gives Blood” and the embroidery reads “Be a Hero”.
Narrator: Each year, hundreds of patients in Canada
Description: The young man is now in skates, standing on an ice rink in front of a hockey net, with his back to the camera. He is holding a hockey stick in his left hand and wearing a jersey with the number “41”. hockey jersey and skates.
Narrator: With cancers and blood diseases need a stem cell transplant to save their life many of whom are facing challenges finding a matching stem cell donor, especially those from diverse backgrounds.
Description: He skates towards the net, handling a puck with his hockey stick.
Narrator: To make matters worse, since the start of the pandemic, the number of Canadians joining the Stem Cell Registry has dropped significantly.
Description: He shoots the puck into the net. SUPER: “The number of Canadians joining the Stem Cell Registry has dropped significantly.”
Narrator: It’s easy to start your registration online
Description: The same young man holds up a tablet and is shown answering a questionnaire.
Narrator: and receive your personal cheek swabbing kit in the mail.
Description: He opens a mailbox and pulls out an envelope. Hands are shown opening the envelope.
Narrator: If you are 17 to 35 years old, joining the Canadian Blood Services Stem Cell Registry means
Description: He swabs the inside of his cheek with a swab from the package in the envelope. He then reseals the package. The outside of the package reads #GetSwabbed. The young man places a sealed envelope into a red Canada Post mailbox.
Narrator: you could be a hero to a patient waiting for a stem cell match.
Description: The young man stands outside again, wearing a toque a speaking directly to the camera. SUPER: #BeAHero
Narrator: Register today at blood.ca/BeAHero
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SUPER: Register today at blood.ca/BeAHero
GRAPHIC: Logos: Canadian Blood Services, Hockey Gives Blood, Brought to you by Canada Life.