Eric Leonard
Eric Leonard, an employee at Lockheed Martin Michoud Operations, began donating
blood when his best friend's father accidentally shot himself
cleaning his gun. He was 17 years old and upon hearing about his
friend's father, he also learned that he needed blood. At the
time, Eric and his friends did not know the requirements for giving
blood, luckily they were 17 years old, weighed over 110 lbs. and
were in good health. They qualified! Eric went down to give blood
and his friend's father pulled through the accident. Later he
went into the Marines where he donated blood often. Eric was also
influenced by his father, "My Dad was an avid blood donor
. . . I kind of associated that with adult responsibility."
Eric is currently a 13.5-gallon donor.
