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I am Dash Miller.

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I'm a junior in high school.

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I go to San Francisco
University High School.

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Cal is my big brother.

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He was diagnosed in 2017
with primary CNS lymphoma.

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He was only nine years old.

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If you're thinking about
donating blood and you're

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wondering, "why does it matter?"

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It matters because kids like
my brother could go through

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their treatments and feel safe.

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Blood transfusions, especially in
my brother's case, happened a lot.

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Cal received Intercept platelets,
which are platelets with a lower risk

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of transfusion transmitted illnesses.

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Intercept platelets let
him be a kid and know that

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[he was] in good hands because of
the blood that you would donate.

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I wanna say thank you to everybody
donating blood around the world.

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You make a difference.

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Not only in cases like my
brother, but in a myriad of

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ways that blood donation helps.

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Thank you so much.