<p>Mark Sheets of Thompson Falls prepares to give blood Thursday in the Thompson Falls High School gym. With his donation, Sheets earned his 5-gallon pin from American Red Cross.</p>
March 7, 2012
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March 7, 2012 9:15 a.m.
Local blood saves lives
Mark Sheets of Thompson Falls knows how donated blood saves lives. At age 16, a roof collapsed on top of him and among his many injuries, his femoral artery was severed. He would have died if not for receiving up to 5 pints of donated, matching blood following the accident. Sheets has been donating his own blood to American Red Cross ever since.