For his birthday, Osoyoos resident Tom Fritz got a unique gift from his youngest child.
“I’m going to donate blood for your birthday,” Christine Fritz, who lives in Clayton Heights on the Langley-Surrey border, told him when she phoned him with best wishes on his 72nd birthday.
“Thanks,” he said.
On Saturday, March 11, at the Canadian Blood Services clinic at the Walnut Grove Lutheran Church, Christine made her eighth donation.
Christine explained she started giving blood because she couldn’t directly donate to her dad when he required blood transfusions.
“We have different blood types” Christine told the Langley Advance Times.
“If I’m out there donating, someone else is donating for him. I donate as often as I can.”
Other family members have also required blood transfusions, she added.
“I’m always telling people to donate.”
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