Across Utah County, there are people waiting for donations, whether it is a needed organ, bone marrow or blood that will save their lives. Others have given these life-saving donations to complete strangers. Gift of Life highlights those involved in the medical donation process.
Jan. 5 is going to be a big day for Gary Norton.
It’ll be the day the 81-year-old Provo man will be able to add his 22nd gallon pin to the shadow box containing the markers of his blood donation feats.
“Some people have trophies for their basketball or sporting events or musicals,” Norton said. “This is my trophy case.”
The box includes a complete collection of the Holiday Heroes pins that used to be given out by the American Red Cross to individuals who donated blood a week before or after a holiday. It took Norton five years to time everything right in order to complete his pin collection.
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