LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Imagine donating over 300 gallons of blood.

That’s exactly what Gary Myers of Lincoln did.

On Thursday, the Nebraska Community Blood Bank honored Myers as one of the nation’s most dedicated donors.

Myers completed the milestone by donating more than 3,000 units of blood. Gary began donating whole blood at age 19 while in college on the West Coast.

A few years later, because of his rare AB+ blood type, he was invited to switch to plasma donations to help patients in greater need.

Those in need include cancer patients, accident, burn, or trauma victims, newborn babies and their mothers, transplant recipients, surgery patients, and chronically transfused patients suffering from sickle cell disease or thalassemia.

Soon after, he joined a specialized plasma program

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