8/22/2012 - BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Dianna Sax restocks test tubes at Newtch’s Den Aug. 20, 2012. Sax is with the Bonfils Blood Center in Denver. According the Bonfil’s website, they operate seven community donor centers, serve nearly 200 healthcare facilities in Colorado and beyond and they collect nearly 154,000 units of blood annually. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Gross)
8/22/2012 - BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Staff Sgt. Colby Hughbanks, right, 460th Medical Group, is ready to donate blood to the Bonfils Blood Center in Denver at Newtch’s Den Aug. 20, 2012. According to the Bonfils website, the increased awareness and demand for blood plasma didn’t come about until World War II. At that time, Americans supporting the war effort at home realized the importance of blood transfusions in order to save lives. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Gross)
8/22/2012 - BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Dianna Sax restocks test tubes at Newtch’s Den Aug. 20, 2012. Sax is with the Bonfils Blood Center in Denver, one of three locations for the Blood Bank of Colorado. The others are in Pueblo and Sterling. Approximately 40 Team Buckley members donated blood. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Gross)
8/22/2012 - BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Donna Cooter draws blood from Staff Sgt. Colby Hughbanks at Newtch’s Den Aug. 20, 2012. Cooter, from Bonfils Blood Center in Denver, filled several test tubes with donated blood and sent them to a lab to ensure the blood is clean and ready to use. Hughbanks, 460th Medical Group, was one of about 40 Team Buckley members to donate blood. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Gross)
8/22/2012 - BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – A Bonfils Blood Center representative checks in a patient at Newtch’s Den Aug. 20, 2012. Bonfils is one of three locations for the Blood Bank of Colorado; the others are in Pueblo and Sterling. Those locations collect blood from people all across the state. Approximately 40 Team Buckley members donated blood. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Gross)
