population is eligible to donate blood, but only 3% does. I had this overwhelming sense of gratitude…it just still shocks me to this day…here we are, living a completely normal life…because blood was available and they did what they needed to do right away.” “This day I get to enjoy because somebody donated blood. “I often think about it in the little things like we celebrate her birthday, it’s a pretty day outside, or we’re at the beach,” said Odom. It is because of community blood donors that blood products were available that day, and she has a full life with her husband and two daughters. Neighbors like Kristen Odom, a mother from Taylors, South Carolina, who received more than twenty units of blood after the birth of her first daughter. Without volunteer blood donors and community blood centers like TBC, shelves will be empty when neighbors, family, or friends are in need. While many things have changed in the past sixty years, TBC’s dedication to its hospital partners and to saving local lives has not.ĭespite the current difficulty to collect blood and blood products, The Blood Connection remains steadfast in continuing its mission for the next sixty years to come. Sixty years later, his vision for that community blood center is the bedrock of The Blood Connection (TBC) – a non-profit community blood center serving hospitals across the Carolinas, Georgia, and Virginia. Sixty years ago, a doctor from Greenville, South Carolina saw a need: a need for a community blood center that supported the people who lived, worked, and sought care in the Upstate of South Carolina.
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