12/29/04
MEDIA CONTACT:
Michele Hyndman at (650) 723-7831 or (650) 799-9885, (
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BLOOD DONOR TO MAKE HIS 300TH DONATION ON NEW YEAR'S EVE
STANFORD, Calif. – Jonathan Cranch of Palo Alto will
be making his 300th blood donation at the Stanford Blood Center this Friday.
He has been donating blood components at Stanford for well over a decade.
"This is a great way to welcome the New Year," said Recruitment
Consultant Jennifer Reczkowski. "We'll be celebrating the
New Year as well as this donor milestone with a prize drawing and festive
foods. We'd love people to stop by to see what all the fuss is about,
and hopefully to donate and save a life, too!"
Jonathan has given platelets through a process called Automated Blood
Collection (ABC), which is a special kind of blood donation that allows
the blood center to collect specific blood components. Patients undergoing
cancer therapy and those with leukemia do not have enough platelets because
disease or rigorous cancer treatment has damaged their bone marrow. This
can cause hemorrhage. Transfusions of platelets donated through ABC help
keep these patients alive while allowing time for their treatments to
fight cancer. The ABC process typically takes two hours and requires an
initial whole blood donation with Stanford.
The festivities will take place at the Stanford Blood Center,
780 Welch Road in Palo Alto, between 7:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. For an appointment
or more information, call 650-723-7831 or visit http://bloodcenter.stanford.edu.
Drop-ins accepted.
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