Just by donating blood once, donors show their compassion and kindness for the community.
But then there are the rare donors like Gerald Yamane, who has donated 585 times.
“The first time I donated blood was in high school,” Yamane said.
The President and CEO of the Blood Bank of Hawaii, Kim-Anh Nguyen, said what he is doing is heroic.
“Out of the 20,000 donors in our donor pool, our average donor frequency is under two times a year, not 24 times a year like Gerald,” Nguyen said.
Yamane isn’t just donating blood, he’s donating platelets. He also gives triple the normal amount every session, which means he’s in the chair for at least two hours.
“I’ve already watched a lot of Netflix movies,” he explained about what he does during the donation sessions.
“Platelets really go to the sickest of the sick, and to prevent bleeding to the head,” Nguyen said about why platelet donations are so important.
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