Thursday, April 17, 2008
Let’s save 75 lives in 2 weeks!
I donated blood this morning for the first time in years. For the purpose of this post, let’s suppose that today was the first time I donated blood.
I was amazed to learn that a single donation by a single person will save three lives in five days. That’s right! A blood donation has immediate impacts. It doesn’t sit in a bank while organizations figure out how and where to use it. It saves lives this week! Lives in your own local community. And it only takes 10 minutes. Well, 20 or so once you factor in the paperwork, etc…
How about a reasonable challenge? I would like to know that 25 people in my social network have made a blood donation by April 30. That’s 75 lives saved in two weeks. I believe we can do that!
May 2nd, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Ross received several whole blood transfusions and platelets during his bypass surgery. Obviously his blood came from the American Red Cross, but I can’t stress enough how important this is. Without getting too graphic, without the platelets Ross received during the end of his surgery, well, you can fill in the blank.
I was a regular blood donor while living in Canada, and stopped when I moved to the States. I don’t why. I will now start donating again.
Thank you Mark.