As loyal donors age, centers seek young(er) blood

When Corinne Standefer retires as a volunteer from the Lane Bloodworks in Eugene, Ore., this month, she will have donated 37 years of her life — and almost 19 gallons of blood.
The 89-year-old gave her first pint decades ago to help a friend who had cancer.
“When they called me and said ‘Could you donate again?’ I just started coming in,” she recalled.
So, every eight or nine weeks, as often as it’s allowed, Standefer would roll up a sleeve and become one of t