A special blood drive is taking place next week in honour of a child whose life was saved by blood transfusions.

Amelia’s 5th Annual Blood Donor Event takes place Tuesday, July 4 to Thursday July 6. The event is held in honour of Amelia Saunder’s fight against Leukemia, where in her first ten days of treatment, she received 11 blood transfusions. Amelia was only two-years-old at the time.

Treatment was successful and Amelia is fully healthy to this day.

Amelia’s mother, Veronica Vardy, stresses the importance of donating blood.

She says blood transfusions helped Amelia become well enough to start chemotherapy.

Anyone searching for more information can visit the Amelia’s ALL Facebook page.