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Andy Shapter is 78 years old and just retired from work last Sunday, but he has one important job which he says he’ll never quit: being a blood donor.
Shapter has donated blood 410 times.
He’s a regular at the Canadian Blood Services clinic on Wicklow Street in St. John’s, where he goes at least every two weeks to donate plasma.
Over the years, Shapter’s donated whole blood, platelets, and plasma, so it’s hard to estimate exactly how many people he’s helped— that’s because one whole blood donation helps three people, while plasma is one-for-one — but he’s likely impacted hundreds of lives.
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