It’s been called the gift of life for a good reason.

Large supplies of donated blood are used every day, and one Kansas City-area donor has given his share — and then some.

Time and pints have added up for 72-year-old Terry Burns. When Burns donated blood on Wednesday, it was his 100th time sharing blood with others. Community Blood Center leaders said his donations total 12.5 gallons.

Burns donates to honor his sister, Marita Burns, who died in 1971 while battling aplastic anemia, a condition that affected her bone marrow. Marita Burns was only 17 years old.

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