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John has been donating since the 1970s

I started donating in the the 70s because I wanted to give back to the people of NZ in some small way, also being a pediatric O- donor I decided that not enough of this blood is available in NZ so any donations always helps.

Submitted: 2018-06-11

Donor

Auckland

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