Long Island, NY, Blood Donor Closes in on 40 Gallons

September 6, 2009, Newsday — Good deeds come in different forms: Some people give their time, others donate money.

Al Fischer prefers to give blood.

The print shop operator from Massapequa, affectionately known as Albee, has been donating blood every year since 1951, when Harry S. Truman was in the White House - 11 presidents ago.