Seventeen-year-old Abby Droessler, a Hayward High School junior and student athlete, enjoys riding and showing horses, hunting and volunteering for church and community events. Unlike most teenagers her age, Abby is also a blood recipient who needed multiple transfusions of blood products following a July 2015 watercraft accident that left her with life-threatening injuries.
“Hosting an annual birthday blood drive in Abby’s honor is the perfect way to celebrate her life and help pay it forward,” said Abby’s parents, Meghan and Ben Droessler. “It’s our way to thank donors for giving the blood that may have helped save our daughter’s life and to help ensure other patients have the blood they need. If it weren’t for the blood on the shelves at our community hospital, we might not be celebrating Abby’s birthday.”
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