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Testimonials
Read the heart-warming stories submitted by individuals and their families and learn how blood donations made a life-saving impact on their lives. Your donation will Save a Life.Right Here, Right Now.
 | Christine Concepcion, Recipient |
 | Teressa Johnson, Recipient “I’d donate if I could. I know what would have happened to me if it hadn’t been there when I needed it.” Read More |
 | Carson, Recipient Kids get sick. When 7-year-old Carson felt bad and started running a fever, his parents Pamela and Joe, thought it was just a virus. The fever, however, didn’t go away. In fact it got worse, until Carson had to go to the hospital. Read More |
 | Macy and Cole, Recipients The doctor had never seen red blood cell numbers as bad. Two-year-old Cole was in acute kidney failure. He couldn't get rid of the fluid that was quickly stealing his ability to breathe. Read More |
 | Denise, Recipient Denise was experiencing placenta previa and she was scheduled for a Caesarian section. Everything seemed to be going well until she heard her new baby cry. At that instant, she began to have trouble breathing. Read More |
 | Doug Myers, M.D., Bone Marrow Transplant Specialist Dr. Myers is familiar with desperate situations. His patients are children, often suffering from leukemia or lymphoma, for whom chemotherapy has been, for one reason or another, ineffective. Read More |
 | Julie, Recipient “I hated the idea of the needle. But what the blood is for outweighs what little pain you might go through.” Read More |
 | Paul, Donor “It doesn’t take a lot of time to save a life… The life you save more than likely won’t be anyone you know, but that life you’re saving is someone’s mother or father or son or daughter or friend. Every one of us is important to somebody.” Read More |
 | Michael, Donor “I know every time I leave the blood center I feel like I have temporarily done my part. It’s a small way not only to serve your community but to give back a little bit.” Read More |
 | Sean & Airica, Donor and Recipient “I give blood pretty regularly, but I didn’t realize how important it is to give until my own daughter, Airica, needed blood when she was born. It really hit home then.” Read More |
 | Emaline, Recipient “The surgeon and the medical staff are so important... But if it weren’t for the blood donor, it would go for nothing. The importance of a blood donor is no less important than the skills and performance of the surgeon.” Read More |
 | Dylan, Recipient Blood donations from Community Blood Center helped Dylan fight leukemia. Read More |
 | Brett, Recipient ... Janet knows that one important reason for her youngest son’s survival is the generosity of blood donors. “They saved my son’s life. He wouldn’t be here without them.” Read More |
Please share your experience as a blood donor or transfusion recipient.