For Brittany Heckenberg, service is in her blood, quite literally. Heckenberg started donating to Vitalant’s blood banks after her family’s need for blood was urgent a little over a year ago.

Her 3-year-old son, who fondly goes by “Superman Henry,” suddenly became ill back in 2017 with a rare blood disorder. That disorder, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, causes a person’s body to destroy red blood cells quicker than it’s able to produce them.

Over a period of months, however, Henry got healthy. He relied on blood donations from 19 strangers to save his life.

Soon after, his family members started a blood drive in his honor. They say that if blood donations can change their lives, they want to pay it forward and help others also.

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