Each day, Lisa Nash serves her community, but she wouldn't be able to do her important work as Deputy Mayor of San Mateo without a life-saving donation.
"If that did not happen, if that blood had not been available to me, I would have died," Nash told CBS News Bay Area."I remember lying in my hospital bed and thinking my time is not done. I have too much to live for.""I do not feel sorry for myself," she added.
"I'm a proud B negative. So I can only receive blood from people like me, who have similar blood types," Nash explained."So it's even more important that everyone donates whenever they can. But myself, I went through so much that if I had not had many, many people donating, I wouldn't be here today and that is not an exaggeration."
"After my accident, I made a vow to myself, I said, 'Whatever I do going forward, I want to make sure that I can see the impact of it and that it is something that is good for my community,'" Nash continued."So I became much more focused on my community, as opposed to my global community.""[You get] free trail mix or cookies at the end of it, so what's not to like?" Nash exclaimed.
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