Local blood donors save lives
SUN PHOTO BY CHRISTY FEINBERG, cfeinberg@sun-herald.com
Angela Gomez, donor services trainer, assists Nydia Burns, who is donating platelets. Burns has donated more than seven gallons of blood.
Every two seconds, someone will need blood.
Nydia Burns is among the 38 percent of people who are eligible to donate blood. She’s also in the small, 5 to 10 percent of that group who actually donates.