Man Gives 35 Gallons of Blood, 50+ Years of Donations – Penn Medicine
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More than 50 years ago, at the age of 22, Marc A. Satalof donated his first pint of blood at the Hospital of Pennsylvania (HUP) to ensure that his mother, who was going in for surgery, would have blood if she needed any. She didn’t (and is still thriving at …
Community members around Vermont’s Rutland County are getting ready for the twentieth anniversary of the Gift of Life Marathon, a series of four blood drives in Rutland and Castleton. A Rutland man who was recently on the receiving end of donated blood is using his personal story to help drive …
Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System held a blood drive Friday in honor of an employee who was struck and killed by a vehicle in October. Elizabeth “Beth” Block was crossing in a pedestrian crosswalk near the hospital when she was hit. The hospital partnered with Medic Regional Blood Center for the drive. …
Hundreds of people in Kansas City are helping save lives at the home of the defending Super Bowl champions. The 26th annual Chiefs Week starts with the yearly blood drive hosted at Arrowhead. Chiefs Week runs from Nov.19 to Dec. 2, encouraging everyone in the Kansas City metro to donate …
On Halloween of this year, Niverville resident Holly Rafferty saved a life—but it wasn’t the first life she’s saved. Rafferty has donated blood 100 times and plans to keep on giving. Although Rafferty has been donating blood for a long time, she was particularly excited for the blood donor clinic …
For decades, Mesa Verde United Methodist Church has done its part in organizing blood drives on behalf of the American Red Cross. Originally held in various locations around the church campus, including classrooms, the fellowship hall and even the sanctuary, today the drives are conducted in a self-contained mobile unit. …
Nothing appeared to be out of the ordinary when Clell Bennett walked into the Red Cross Blood Donation Center, as he’d been doing for decades. But this time, Bennett was donating his 10th gallon of blood from over his 85-year lifetime. Blood donors only make up about 3% of the …
“MISSION accomplished. I have been waiting for this day for the past 60 years.” These were the words of Kloof resident Vic Fowler who reached a milestone when he made his 300th blood donation last Friday at Hillcrest South African National Blood Service (SANBS). The 82-year-old said he started donating …
Faith Academy of Marble Falls students are hosting a blood drive from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13, at the campus, 3151 RR 1431. Read Full Article
Penn State business fraternity Alpha Kappa Psi will host its semi-annual blood drive to honor Neil Patel, a sixth-semester Schreyer Honors College student who died in August 2021 after battling COVID-19. The blood drive will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 14, in Alumni Hall …