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May 11, 2005 Travis Long [/assets/story/image_buynow.comp]
Michael Pierce, 27, squeezes a foam rubber stress ball while donating blood during a Rex Healthcare mobile blood drive at his employer, Time Warner, in Morrisville. "It's just a good thing to do. I want to consider the people I may help," said Pierce after he filled a 500-milliliter bag of blood in less than five minutes. Anne Cleverley, manager of Donor Collection Services for Rex Healthcare, said Rex collects 800 to 1,200 500-milliliter units of blood per month, supplying the needs of Rex and sometimes supplementing other area hospitals and the military. "The summer months we always get into a shortage of blood," Cleverley said. Rex will try to build up its supply with the Save Our Summer blood drive from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. June 24 at 2709 Blue Ridge Road in Raleigh.
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Takaaki Iwabu
"No Ordinary Day" is a visual diary of the events, both large and small, that serve as milestones in people's lives. It debuted on March 24, 2002 and concluded on Aug. 29, 2007. We hope you continue to enjoy looking at our archive of “No Ordinary Day” images.


Travis Long
The column is a celebration of the struggles, triumphs and tears we experience as we travel from birth to death. Our goal was to document moments in time that might otherwise be missed; sometimes it's the tiniest incident in one's life that has the most profound effect. When on assignment for the column, we looked for that one photo that tells a whole story. Some are the result of a found moment we came across on our daily assignments or our daily existence. For others, we thought of a specific event, like a first haircut or last dance, and sought out a subject who might illustrate the idea.

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