You can find more information about the event here. Organizers said it equated to 75 donors an hour. According to organizers all the beds were full, all day for what's considered the largest, single location blood drive in Illinois.Īt least 100 more pints were collected this year. This is more often than blood donation where men have to wait 12 weeks and women 16 weeks between donations. This year, A Pint for Kim is taking place at Naperville North High School, where Kim's sons now attend school. You can donate plasma as often as every 2 weeks, if you wish. Kim really felt like, 'Wow, I really want to give this back.' And, she told her doctor one time, kind of joking, she said, 'We'll give this back 10-fold.' But, she was wrong, because it's been more like 100-fold." It's people helping people, and so it just struck a chord with us. "It is pretty amazing when you think about it. Hundreds keep turning out each year.ĪBC7 spoke with her husband, who was the first blood donor on Saturday morning.
Kim was involved in the creation of the effort, and her wish was to have it continue. It began in 2020, when Kim, a wife and mother of two boys, was battling a cancer so rare that her case was one in 10 million.Īt times, she needed dozens of blood and plasma transfusions, which inspired her family to start the #APintForKim. The blood drive is named in honor of Kimberley Benedyk Sandford. More than 600 pints of blood were collected for the fourth annual "A Pint for Kim" blood drive. (WLS) - A record breaking number of people rolled up their sleeves for a blood drive at Naperville High School on Saturday. More than 600 pints were donated in honor of Kim Sandford.
A Pint for Kim Blood Drive took place Saturday at Naperville North High School.
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