A true blood brother: New Rochelle man to donate 80th pint
Photo credit: Alyssa Sunkin | Joe Mammana, 81, of New Rochelle, will donate his 80th pint of blood at the American Legion LeRoy Gregory Post 979 in Easchester. (Oct. 15, 2012)
On Monday, Joe Mammana, 81, of New Rochelle, will become a member of an elite group by cumulatively donating 80 pints -- or 10 gallons -- of his A-positive blood.
It's a feat only 2 percent of U.S. blood donors accomplish, and in the past three decades Mammana's blood has benefited 240 people.
"This is very sacred for me, giving blood," said Mammana, a Cold War veteran who enlisted in...
