HelIo I am Martin Guldner. I was born in Hamilton, Ohio on October 23, 1975. At the age of ten my father Leo Guldner died of a heart attack in his sleep. My mother's name is Gloria, but her friends call her by her middle name Sue. I also have a brother named Darrell, he still lives in Ohio. In 1991 my mother and I moved to Florida. I was senior class president for the class of 1994, at Seabreeze High School in Daytona Beach. Next I went to Daytona Beach Community College for my A.A. degree. While I was at the community college, I became a platelet donor at the American Red Cross.

That is Rudy and me at the American Red Cross, as I donate platelets.

You donate platelets by being on the same machine that people get paid for plasma. The only difference is I don't get paid for my donation.The donation process takes about 1 1/2 hours. My donation goes to cancer patients on chemo. I have become friends with the two people that run the machine, Rudy and Carmen. Rudy is now working at a plasma center in California I am also on a national bone marrow donor list. If I match someone in need of a bone marrow transplant, they contact me for futher tests.To give blood in your hometown, I have a list of Florida blood banks on the webhere. To find out more about becoming a bone marrow donor contact The Nation Marrow Donor Program.To read the story of Florida man that has given 51 gallons of bloodclick here.During my time at Daytona Beach Community College, I hosted a organ donor drive and transplant fundraiser for a little girl. For my efforts I recieved the college's student of the year award for 1996-97.

During the fall of 1997 I transfered to FSU seeking a degree in Social Science. I August 2001 I joined an Americorp program with the American Red Cross in Miami,Florida. I was at the chapter taking a class in armed forces casework when America was attacked on September 11, 2001. I've been working on many projects to help our country through these tragic events.

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