World Blood Donor Day is observed to thank all blood donors for saving the lives of billions, and to spread the knowledge that the donation of safe blood is a global need that more people must volunteer to fulfil.

Without blood donation, countless patients would die, and the health system would collapse. What’s even more notable is that blood donation is voluntary and unpaid, and done purely out of the goodness of people’s hearts and the desire to help humanity.

Here’s to donating blood and saving lives!