Port Macquarie skateboarder – and blood donor – Bruce de Graaf, is on a lifesaving roll.
The 60-year-old became the first person from Port Macquarie – and one of only 60 blood donors across Australia – to reach the extraordinary milestone of 600 blood donations on Friday, March 25.
For Mr de Graaf, what began as a dare from his Aunty Mary more than 30 years ago at Brookvale Oval mobile blood service, has become a fortnightly trip to the blood bank on his skateboard.
“My Aunty Mary told me she had done 70 donations, and that I would never catch her, smart lady that one and the challenge was accepted,”
“She is now 85 and had to stop donating a long time ago, but if not for her, and having met people along the way who regularly needed blood transfusions, I would not have reached this milestone.
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