Prodigious blood donor awarded Super Bowl tickets
January 30, 2012 9:46AM
In this Jan. 26, 2012, photo, Carol Sikler, of Lafayette, Ind., right, and her daughter Cammie, 16, left, pose for a portrait in Lafayette. Both Sikler and her daughter are going to the Super Bowl after Sikler won two tickets from the Indiana Blood Centers Super Bowl Super Donor ticket give-away. Sickler has donated platelets religiously since her husband became ill in 2000 and then passed away in 2003. (AP Photo/Journal & Courier, Brent Drinkut)
Updated: March 1, 2012 8:37AM
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — An Indiana woman who became a regular blood donor to repay the units used by her late husband has won a pair of tickets to the Super Bowl in Indianapolis because of her generosity.
Carol Sikler, 50, of Lafayette won the tickets from the Indiana Blood Center.
Giving blood has also helped her deal with the grief of losing her husband, Chuck Sikler. He died in 2003, after having his colon removed 2½ years earlier.
She recently passed 143 donated units of either whole blood or platelets, matching the number of units her late husband used before he died.
“It’s a way for me to do something for someone that can’t ever thank me or pay me back personally,” she said.
AP
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