CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
The Blood Bank Hawaii campaign has been extended through January where a meal is donated to the Hawaii Foodbank for each blood donation given. The blood bank needs about 200 donations a day to adequately supply the state’s hospitals, according to BBH President Kim-Anh Nguyen.
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The serious blood shortage, currently being reported, is frightful, and I write this in the hope that I may encourage a donation or two to our Blood Bank, which might otherwise not be made.
I’m the oldest person I know and have donated a pint every eight weeks for many years. I’m convinced that this regular oil change — oops, I mean this regular blood change — has had much to do with making me run better.
Theone Vredenburg
Makiki
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