Hi-Line Living: GIving a part of yourself

Frank McLain was first in line at the American Red Cross blood draw at St. Jude Parish Center Monday.

He's been giving blood for years and is on the Red Cross list for likely donors.

It's a privilege to give blood, he said. He's happy to know that somebody he doesn't know will benefit from his donation.

One time in particular, he said, giving blood was a special honor.

He received a 3 a.m. call one day from the emergency room at Northern Montana Hospital.

A young Hutterite boy, he was told, had been run over by a farm vehicle. The hospital had used its entire supply of the boy's blood type. Wo...