Seaman Anderson Lucas finishes donating blood at Cherry Points Naval Health Clinic’s blood drive Jan. 14. Camp Lejeune Naval Health Clinic’s mobile blood donation center team travels to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point every 57 days, which is the amount of time donors, need to recover from a previous donation. Every two seconds in the United States a patient needs a blood transfusion. Very often, there is not enough blood or the right type of blood available to accommodate those who need it, according to Wendy Binder, a public affairs specialist with the armed services blood program at NHC Camp Lejeune. Ultimately, blood donations save the lives of thousands of people across the country, she said. Lucas is a general duty corpsman with the air station’s Naval Health Clinic.