Manuel Rzezak · Miami · Sep 14, 2026Featured
Why I started Ripple
Around Thanksgiving 2025, doctors diagnosed my brother Julian with T-ALL, a type of leukemia. I was 15 and he was 20.
Since then, Julian has received more than 50 bags of blood. I remember watching him receive it. Each bag came from a donor we will never meet.
I felt like I couldn't do anything except pray and trust the doctors' hands. Then I thought of Ripple. I haven't donated blood myself yet, but I can ask my friends to give, and they can ask theirs.
Julian is still fighting. His case is rare, and he still needs blood and platelets. The blood you give goes to patients like him.
See Manuel's impact →Noah Garcia · Miami · Jun 18, 2026Featured
My daughter is O negative
She was born early and needed a transfusion in her first week. Universal donors kept her alive. I cannot give O negative, but I can give, and I can bring people who can.
See Noah's impact →Liam Okafor · Hollywood · May 10, 2026Featured
For my grandfather
He needed four units after surgery. Four strangers he never met. I give so somebody else's grandfather gets his four.
See Liam's impact →Ethan Chen · Hollywood · Aug 12, 2026
Platelets on a Tuesday
Cancer patients need platelets constantly and they only last five days on the shelf. I do it on Tuesdays. It is the most useful two hours of my week.
See Ethan's impact →Camila Nguyen · Kendall · Jul 4, 2026
The chain in my group chat
Six of us from the same class. One person went, posted the code, and by the end of the month all six had given. That is the ripple.
See Camila's impact →Valentina Lopez · Doral · Jun 22, 2026
It took me twenty minutes
I put it off for years because I thought it would be a whole afternoon. Twenty minutes, a juice box, and I was back at work. Now I go every two months.
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