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Donation Hall of Fame
For the last ten years, Fenwal has partnered with blood centers through the Donation Hall of Fame to honor individuals for their outstanding dedication and commitment to helping ensure that the life-saving gift of blood is available to patients in need.
We invite you to nominate a donor or another individual who has demonstrated an unwavering commitment and passion for blood donation. Anyone can submit a nomination and there is no limit to the number of nominations per blood center. However, a person may only be inducted into the Donation Hall of Fame once.
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| | | | Cara Bothum | | Memorial Blood Centers | | St. Paul, MN | | During Cara's emergency caesarean delivery, she lost over 10 units of blood, and had an extremely difficult recovery. For her daughter's 1st birthday, she asked party guests to give a very meaningful present - 20 people signed up to give blood at the blood mobile Cara had come to the house. Since then, Cara has formed and organized many successful blood drives and has shared her story with millions. |
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| | | | | Dick and Sylvia Burnett | | United Blood Services | | Lubbock, TX | | Nicknamed the ''platelet couple'' by the United Blood Services, the Burnett's came to understand the importance of donating when their daughter battled, then lost her life to leukemia. Dick and Sylvia still donate every 2 weeks, and spread their happiness and good will with their friends at the blood center with cookies and valentines. |
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| | | | | Greg Steinberger | | United Blood Services | | Central Coast | | Greg owns Doc Burnstein's Ice Cream Lab, a small ice cream parlor in San Luis Obispo County. A frequent donor himself, he has made his business a leading supporter of the community blood program Pint-for-Pint. Since the grand opening in 2003, he has hosted 4 to 6 blood drives every year, attracting the largest number of donors of any business supporter in four California counties. Greg has helped increase donations by 10-20% for every day he runs the Pint-for-Pint promotion. |
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| | | | | Hugo Holland, Sr. | | LifeShare Blood Centers | | Shreveport, LA | | Hugo is the ''go-to-guy'' for blood donations. His long-term, consistent passion for saving lives through blood donation is evident in his actions and support through the years. As the blood drive chairman at his church since 1999, he has helped to increase the annual number of blood drives and donations. He recruits and schedules ALYX donors, buys food and cooks for donors, and still has time to donate more than 350 times himself. |
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| | | | | John Duffy | | American Red Cross | | New York - Penn Region Blood Services | | John's passion for helping others is noticed everywhere. For 15 years, he's been driving 45 miles to donate platelets or plasma in Seneca Falls. Cancer has touched many people in his life, so he constantly recruits donors for the apheresis program - 213 last year alone! From transporting disabled veterans to doctor's appointments to rehabilitating rescue dogs, John's remarkable enthusiasm for life shows.
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| | | | | Loretta Feiler | | East Central Oklahoma Blood Institute | | Ada, OK | | Since donating in front of her 6th grade students for the first time in 1997, Loretta has continued to educate young people about the importance of not only blood donation, but of their commitment to the community. She has shown all of her students how they can personally impact the lives of others. And even though the 6th graders can't donate, they raise money for the blood center, and are preparing to be the next generation of donor heroes. |
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| | | | | Marvin Holm | | American Red Cross - Southern California Region | | Santa Ana, CA | | Marvin, a computer, sales and marketing teacher, has made blood donation part of Lakewood High Schools' culture. He started running blood drives at the school in 1998, collecting 120 units of blood that year. Nine years later, teachers, administrators, students, parents, alumni, and even community members donate over 1,000 units of blood a year. His students are responsible for handling the advertising and blood drive promotion and continue to donate in college, and at local, public drives after graduation. |
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| | | | | Robert Bruner | | Blood Bank of Delmarva | | Newark, DE | | When Robert was in the hospital for 2 months after being in a serious motorcycle accident, he received 14 pints of blood. A whole blood donor already, he was determined to get healthy and replace every pint he had used, and has done so through over 190 platelet donations.
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| | | | | Robert Dean | | American Red Cross - Alabama and Central Gulf Coast Region | | Mobile, AL | | The list of lives saved by the gifts of Robert is over 800 long. As a 50-gallon donor, he has great health and is determined to set a world record. Since his 17th birthday in 1950, with the exception of about a 9 or 10 month period after donating a kidney, he has donated every time he was eligible. He recently celebrated his 400th donation, and is a couple gallons away from being in the Guinness Book of World Records. |
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| | | | | Scott Cox | | Houchin Blood Bank | | Bakersfield, CA | | Scott is a faithfull blood donor of nearly 4 gallons as well as a local DJ with KERN 1410 Talk Radio. He never fails to support his local blood center by reaching his listners and delivering a serious message with compelling compassion. He speaks at High School Appreciation Luncheons and is proud to support Houchin Blood Bank. |
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| | | | | Captain Steven Schowalter | | American Red Cross - Central Plains Region Blood Services | | Wichita, KS | | Captain Schowalter began his involvement with the American Red Cross when he was 8 years old as a Junior Red Cross representative at his elementary school. Since 1990, Steven has been a dedicated apheresis donor, and has a combined total of 406 platelet and whole blood donations, nearing 51 gallons of life-saving blood. Each year he recruits sponsors to donate money to provide t-shirts for every donor during the annual Battle of the Badges blood drive competition that he started in 1994. With his help, the competition has grown to include over 1,000 donors. |
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| | | | | Susan Conklin-Miller | | Lane Memorial Blood Bank | | Eugene, OR | | Susan knows only too well what the gift of blood can do for somebody in need. After a difficult pregnancy and the loss of her baby she knew she wanted to help others. With her specific blood type, she is able to help other mothers and babies by donating on a regular basis. Her commitment has led her to over 100 donations to Lane Memorial Blood Bank and a spotlight in their recruitment video.
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| | | | | Warren Dietz | | Community Blood Center | | Appleton, WI | | Warren has been donating at the Community Blood Center since he was 18 years old. Now, at 64, he has accumulated over 606 apheresis platelet and plasma donations, and 47 red cell donations. He volunteers every year at the Donor Recognition Ceremony and has given more to the Community Blood Center than just blood. |
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