Show 1 Give the gift of life become a blood donor J Jonathan Jon n than Kline and harmaine Charmaine Christensen Staff Writers A. A AT T age ge four K Karl Kari ri McCurdy set a rec record rd She is almost six now and still holds the record for using the most blood and blood products at Primary Childrens Children's Medical Center Karl Kai 1 i is a gr great at reason to d donate nate blood With an inoperable mass of vas vascular lIar color tissue causing her abdomen to fill with blood bloo d Karl Kari has hasi used units of blood since 1988 Primary Childrens Children's Medical Center uses pints of blood annually Over donors are needed each year t to meet the needs of the children and adults In conjunction with the Intermountain Intermountain Intermountain Inter- Inter mountain Health Care Blood Bloo l Services CAB is sponsoring a blood drive to be held April 8 from 9 a.m. 9 am to 3 P pm p.m. m J. I i t in the sunken lounge loung 5 r. r o 0 t of the College Center Blood Blood is a living Us- Us tissue o 0 sue which cannot be substituted or Only people can supply blood to s those in our community who need it each day t L Donating blood is a sim simple Ie r j procedure which r requires approximately 3 30 to 45 minutes Of this the act actual al blood draw requires requires only 6 to 10 minutes By donating this relatively small amount of time you are able to help sustain the life of someone in need of your particular blood type 1 i is a gr great at lIar color tissue d Karl Kari has hasi I i o 0 t t o 0 L j 1 i t 4 e 1 4 TN V o. o Blood Services ce provides blood and blood products to 38 hospitals throughout the state of Utah It runs eight b blood banks and operates four bloodmobiles which are used at various churches churches churches chur chur- ches schools and businesses Through participation in one of the Blood Service donor plans the donor and donors donor's family are guaranteed blood replacement credit for one year wherever it is needed There is also much satisfaction to be gained in helping those who are in need of this life giving sub sub- stance So for reasons like Kari Karl donate blood regularly i IM and give the gift of life |