Lewis and Clark Blood Services Region

Don Hopkins has been donating blood since 1964. He has donated in three different states, Arizona, California (where he received a plaque for donating five gallons of blood) and in Utah.  Don is retired and lives in Elk Ridge, UT with his wife Arleen.  He tries to donate blood as often as he can at the Red Cross’ Utah Valley Donor Center in Orem, UT. He has just recently donated his 100th pint of blood here in Utah. When you see Don donate you won’t see him looking at the blood, it makes him faint. When asked how he is able to have the procedure done if the sight of blood makes him faint, he says he just lays down and never looks.  It is an amazing accomplishment for anyone to reach those goals. When he was asked why he donates blood he simply replied, “Because it’s the right thing to do, and I hope it saves lives.”