Blood drive honors local youth
Blood drive honors
local youth
A local mother
is inviting others to give blood in honor of her son.
Health occupations
teacher Barbara Phillips has a personal reason for serving as chairman
for the upcoming Starr's Mill High School blood drive with LifeSouth Community
Blood Centers.
Bart Phillips,
son of Gary and Barbara phillips, was only 16 years old when he was diagnosed
with renal failure in 1993. Now 23, he continued to use blood components
and has already received 10 units of blood since last November from Crawford
Long Hospital.
"I try
to donate blood whenever I can," said Barbara Phillips, "but
sometimes I am deferred because of low hemoglobin. This is one way I can
try to give
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