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Why Tim donates regularly

I donated once a year at high school and on and off through university and then regularly in the early part of my working life. I've been donating plasma since about 2014, which really gets the donation count ticking over!

We can't make blood in a lab, we can only get it from people. Whenever I take a minute to notice the effort and expense that goes into collecting a little bit of my blood, I realise how valuable it must be. I know one day I won't be able to donate any more, and I'm making sure I give what I can before then.

Submitted: 2018-06-14

Donor

Wellington

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