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One donation can save multiple lives. Here are the facts: - Just 1 donation can save up to 3 lives. - The average red blood cell transfusion is 3 pints (or 3 whole-blood donations). - More than 1 million people every year are diagnosed with cancer for the first time. Many of them will need blood—sometimes daily—during chemotherapy. - More than 38,000 blood donations are needed every day. - Type O-negative whole blood can be transfused to people with any blood type, but this type of blood is rare, and supplies of it are low. - Type AB plasma can be transfused to patients with all other blood types, but it's also in short supply. - While 38% of the American population is eligible to give blood, only 2% actually donates. If you donate blood, more than one life could be saved because of you. So please donate blood.