Making a Difference

The donors and organisers were very impressed

by how confident, positive and well spoken the children were. Zachary assisted in the presentation of the medals with Queensland speaker of the house the Honorable Tony Grady.

After the ceremony the Agius family enjoyed meeting and speaking with these extraordinary people, "The Blood DONORS", The modern day heroes. Most of the donors have donated more than 100, 200, 300 times and we have even met a donor that has donated more than 400 times. The donors are always appreciative of recipients attending these ceremonies, the main comment being "Thankyou for coming and telling your story, knowing we are making a difference makes it worthwhile."

The question’s I always ask is what convinced you to first donate blood and what kept you going? Some wanted to get out of work for the afternoon and work mates dared others. The person that donated more than 400 times gave blood when the birth of his first born required a blood transfusion to survive. He has not stopped since.