Brad Kolhoff was 7 years old when he was infected with E. coli, which caused his kidneys to shut down. He needed more than 5 dozen blood transfusions to stay alive — and he got them, thanks to donors.

Father Richard Kolhoff said, “When we were first told his chances of survival were not all great, we just went through the process. I really didn’t have a lot of time to sit and think and worry. My son, when he was in the first grade, took 66 units of blood products, and I considered it my personal debt to repay.”

Richard has been donating pint by pint for the last 24 years to give back the 66 pints that saved his son.