The 62-year-old Portland, Oregon bus driver has been visiting the Red Cross every two weeks for most of his life.

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With each passing day, they estimate that 6500 units of plasma, 5000 units of platelets, and 29,000 units of red blood cells should be collected to keep up with patients’ needs.

In an exclusive story, our team followed a donation of platelets, from the donor's arm to its grateful recipient, learning everything that happens in between.

His donations can save up to three lives each time, and he tracks where his platelets are sent via the Red Cross app. When Ryan Dolce was a teen, he always wanted to be able to donate blood.

Ryan Dolce is crisscrossing the country on a quest to donate platelets at every Red Cross site in America. So far, he has hit 25 out of 200.

The donation process is longer than most and can take up to two hours. As you are pumping blood, a machine separates the platelets and sends the red cells back into your veins.

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Dunkirk, New York, resident Ryan Dolce, 30, has personalized license plates that match his goal: Donate blood platelets at every American Red Cross donation station in the nation.

In the Columbus area, he donated on June 23, 2025 at the Lewis Center Red Cross Blood and Platelet Donation Center, 1327 Cameron Ave. in Lewis Center.© Doral Chenoweth/Columbus Dispatch ...