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NOW LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY. IT’S YOUR CHANCE TO HELP PEOPLE WHO NEED LIFE SAVING DONATIONS AT THE HOSPIL.TA GULSTAN: FOR A SACRAMENTO FAMILY, GIVING BLOOD IS AN IMPORTANT TRADITION. AND THEY WANT TO INSPIRE OTHSER TO DO THE SAME. KCRA THREES BRANDI CUMMINGS SHOWS US, THEY HAVE DONATED THOUSANDS OF TIM.ES BRANDI: YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE NERVE CENTER OF VITALANT’S PROCESSING LAB, A PLACE WHERE BLOOD PRODUCTS AREES TTED, PREPARED AND STORED READY TO BE SENT OUT TO HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT NORTHERN CALIFORA.NI >> CAN I HAVE EVERYONE’S ATTENTION? BRANDI: THIS THE HEARTBEAT. VITALANT’S BLOOD DONATION CENTER, THIS ONE IS IN MIDTOWN SACRAMENTO. HERE DONORS ROLL UP THREI SLEEVES AND GIVE THE BLOOD COMPONENTS PEOPLE NEED TO SURVE.IV PLATELETS TO BATTLE LEUKEMIA, RED CELLS TO RECOVERRO FM SURGERY, OR PLASMA TO CONTROL BLEENGDI TH IISS THE HEART, DONORS LIKE GARY MYERS. >> I DID MY FIRST BLOOD DONATION IN COLLEGE. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN 15.98 BRANDI: TODAY, GARY IS A LEGEND AT VITALANT. HE’S DONATED 2,800 TIMES. >> PEOPLE ASKED ME WHY I DONATE AND I GO BECAUSE I CAN. AND IT’S REALLY NOT A LOT MORE THAN THAT. THE BLOOD SUPPLY IS NEED.ED AND IT’S SOMETHING I CADON BRANDI: A HUMBLE ANSWER, BUT THE TRUTH IS GARY’S DONATED REA CORD 350 GALLONS OF BLOOD PRODUCTS SAVING PERHAPS, THOUSANDS OF LIVES. >> MY FAMILY THINKS IT’VES RY COOL FOR ME, IT’S MORE ABOUT HOW DO I MOTIVATE OTHER PEOE?PL BRANDI: ONE OF THE PEOPLE HE’S MOTIVATED, HIS SON LUCAS. >> ON HIS THE DAY OF HIS 16TH BIRTHDAY DID HIS FIRST PLASMA DONATION. HE WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL. THE DAY BEFORE HE LEFTOR F COLLEGE HE FINISHED HIS TH10 GALLON AND WAS THE YOUNGEST 10 GALLON DONOR IN THE HIOROFST BLOODSOURCE, WHICH HAS NOW VITALANT. BRANDI: AFTER DECADEOFS DONATIONS, GARY IS SAYING GOODBYE TO SACRAMENTO VITALANT, RELOTICANG TO NEBRASKA. >> THESE WERE ALL MY FRIENDS. AND, AND MANY OF THEM I WAS HERE WHEN THEY WERE TRAING.IN IT’S JUST COOL. THEY BECOME THEY BECOME FAMI.LY BRANDI: WHILE HIS TIME AT VITALANT COMES TO END GARY PLEDGES TO KEEP DONATING, AS LONG AS HE CAN, KNOWING EACH DONATIONAS H THE POTENTIAL TO SAVE A LIFE. >> HOW CAN I LOOK THE MOTHERN I THE EYE? AND KNOW I COULD HAVE DONATED AND I JUST DIDN'’ ANBRDI: BRANDI CUMMINGS, KCRA 3 WSNE GULSTAN: THAT’S AMAZING. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE LIKE GARY AND DONATE IN THIS YEAR’S BLOOD DRIVE FOR LIFE, WE’RE URGING PEOPLE TO MAKEN A APPOINTMENT AHEAD OF TIME. THAT’S SO WE CAN STICK TO COVID PROTOCOLS AND PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCI.NG ANDREA: TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, HOLD YOUR CELL PHONE CAMERA UP TO THIS Q.R. CE.OD IT WILL TAKE YOU TO A LINK WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATI.ON THE BLOOD DRIVE HAPPENS JANUARY 5 THROUGH THE 8TH, AT TWO LOCATIONS IN SACRAMENTO AND ROCK