Regular Platelet Donor Gives Because of Her Father, Sister
Lucy Powers of Townsend, Delaware first joined the Blood Bank in 1975 after her father was diagnosed with lung cancer. With aggressive chemotherapy treatments, he needed platelet and red blood cell transfusions. Lucy could see how desperately they were needed. She began giving blood, and later became a platelet donor. She has continued to donate regularly for the last three decades.
"It's so simple. It's really such an easy thing to do that can save or prolong someone's life," said Lucy. "It makes me feel good to contribute to society and make someone else feel better. I encourage everyone to give blood donation a try."
Many years after Lucy's father needed blood transfusions, her sister was diagnosed with lung cancer and needed blood as well.
PICTURED: Lucy (on right) with her sister
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