Shepparton's Danny Whyte rolls up his sleeve for 100th blood donation

By Charmayne Allison

May 15, 2021

Shepparton's Danny Whyte recently rolled up his sleeve for his 100th blood donation.

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The 31-year-old accountant first started giving blood when he was 18 and a university student in Albury.

“I was working for an accounting firm and they had a blood challenge on, so I signed up,” he said.

Initially donating blood once a month, he's now giving plasma every fortnight, and looking forward to his appointments.

“I've made a lot of good friends at the Albury and Shepparton blood donor centres throughout the years,” Mr Whyte said.

Even the COVID-19 pandemic couldn't stop him from heading down to the local donor centre.

In fact, it offered a welcome relief from the lockdown.

“It was one of the very few places you could go,” he said.

While Mr Whyte will never know exactly who benefits from his donations – or why – he's become acutely aware of the urgent need for donors.

“One day I got a call from Australian Red Cross Lifeblood on Christmas Eve, saying they had a patient who needed blood urgently,” he said.

“My blood came up as a perfect match, so I went and donated blood and it went straight down to Melbourne for the patient.

“It was a really fantastic feeling.”

He encouraged anyone thinking about giving to head down to the Shepparton donor centre.

“Know that you can actually make a real difference,” he said.

“You are making the world a better place. Because without donors, people can't get the treatment they need.”

And Mr Whyte doesn't plan on slowing down his donations any time soon.

“I hope to continue as long as I can,” he said.

To book, call 13 14 95, visit lifeblood.com.au or download the Donate Blood app.

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