Chip Carter Gaines. Construction/Real Estate Lead and Owner. Chip Gaines is co-owner and co-founder of Magnolia Homes, and co-stars in HGTVâs Fixer Upper with his wife Joanna.Chip was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and raised in Dallas. He graduated from Baylor Universityâs Hankamer School of Business with a Marketing degree.
You must weigh at least 110 lbs to be eligible for blood donation for your own safety. Students who donate at high school drives and donors 18 years of age or younger must also meet additional height and weight requirements for whole blood donation (applies to girls shorter than 5'6 and boys shorter than 5'). Blood volume is determined by body weight and height.
A Univ. of Nev. Being able to donate blood if you have cancer is dependent on the type of cancer and your treatment. If you have a cancer of the blood, such as leukemia, you will not be allowed to donate blood. Certain skin cancers, such as basal cell carcinoma, do not exclude you from donating. Whether you can donate if you have another type of cancer will depend on your treatment. If you have been appropriately treated for your cancer and completed the treatment more than 12 months ago you will likely be allowed to donate if there have been no recurrences.