The Goodness of America
120 Gallons of Platelets
Marcos Perez of San Antonio, Texas, reached an incredible milestone in March with a donation of platelets that brought him to a total of 120 gallons of donated platelets throughout his lifetime.
Perez was motivated to begin donating platelets in 1984 because a transfusion had saved his life as a premature baby.
“Back then there was no blood bank,” Perez said. “My dad had to go around and ask his family members, my aunts and uncles, cousins, friends to go donate blood and only one man stepped up to the plate.”
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