Marcos Perez says one single blood donation saved his life. Years later, he’s used that to motivate him to get in and donate as much as he can.

“Roll up your sleeves and donate,” Perez said.

It’s something he says he’s done every two weeks for the last 37 years.

“What better way to show love for a stranger than by giving the gift of life,” Perez said.

Life was a gift he says was given to him before he could even walk. Perez says he was in dire need of blood when he was a baby.

Fortunately for him, his father was able to find a donor.

“If it wasn’t for that one donation, I wouldn’t have accomplished what I have now. I have a wife, I have a son and now I’m retired. That one donation gave me 60 years of life,” Perez said.

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