Seeing the Impact

I started donating blood because I see the impact it has on people's lives every day. As President of the Tri-Cities chapter of the Wishing Star Foundation, we grant wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses. A few years ago I was delivering Christmas presents to one of our kids; a little boy named Noey. The excitement on his face was priceless, and you would never know he had a condition in which his body does not produce red blood cells. Noey's life depends on people donating blood so he can get continual transfusions to survive. I had always been scared to donate blood until the day I met Noey, when I realized how big of an impact I could have on someone's life.