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Miriam Handley, 77, chats with Crystal Childress at the American Red Cross blood drive Wednesday . Handley has given more than 28 gallons of blood since 1970. / Laura Peters/The News Leader
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STAUNTON Miriam Handleys face glows above her extended arm, even though she has a needle in her vein drawing blood. Handley has donated more than 28 gallons in her life, after joining in at Wednesdays blood drive at the Gypsy Hill Park Gym. Shes been a blood donor since 1970 and has gone 230 times to give blood. Her A-positive blood is always in demand. These days, so are most others. I wanted to do something for other people. Every eight weeks, Id do it, Handley said. If you think about the people who need, theres such a huge need Most Viewed

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for blood donors. If you think about how you would feel if you needed it and there wasnt any available.
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According to Judy Granger of the American IN GO! MAGAZINE MORE Red Cross, giving that much is unusual A blue jeans ball although a Waynesboro man may be giving More Read Handley a run for her money as top donor in the area.
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Miriam Handley, 77, chats with Crystal Childress at the blood drive Wednesday . / Laura Peters/The News Leader

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To learn more about where or how to donate blood, visit redcrossblood.org/give_blood.

You can never tell when someones going to need blood, either through disease, operation or emergency medical situations, like automobile accidents, Granger said. Its a special kind of person who dedicates their life to giving blood. Granger said the Red Cross faces blood

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shortage. If each donation site could up its donors by three, the blood deficit could decrease. Earlier this month, the Red Cross reported blood supplies were at a 15-year low in western Virginia, and the American Red Cross regional blood services operation said it was operating day to day with no reserves. The derecho storm at the end of June, the timing of the July 4 holiday, and the scorching heat wave of the late spring have

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all cut collections sharply, the Red Cross said.

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