"The measure of a life, after all,
is not its duration,
but its donation."
-- Corrie Ten Boom
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| Bendy man with a bandage 1-17-14 "You're somebody's type." |
-- Blood drive slogan
Did you know that every two seconds, someone needs a blood transfusion?
Or that 5 million people in the United States need blood every year?
Or that one pint of blood can save up to three lives?
Or that within about 12 hours of donating, your blood is already helping somebody?
Less than 38 percent of the population is eligible to give blood.
Blood can only come from volunteer donors. It cannot be manufactured.
The American Red Cross holds more than 200,000 blood drives every year.
You can donate blood every 56 days.
So why don't you? I did.
It's an easy thing to do. It makes a difference. And even if you don't do anything else all day, at least maybe you saved a life, or three.
It costs you nothing but a little of your time.
Plus, you get cookies and juice.
Just go to redcrossblood.org, and enter your Zip code to find a blood drive near you.
Blood is meant to circulate, so pass it around.
Do a good thing. Give blood.
