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Science, Culture, & Humanities / Blood drive, blood donations
« on: October 27, 2012, 07:44:49 PM »
Woof all - here is a blurb I wrote up for my middle son who is helping with a blood drive tomorrow - just a good reminder of the importance of donating blood when you are able.
I would like to ask all of you to please consider giving blood today. Here are a few facts from the Red Cross about blood donation.
Every 2 seconds someone in the US needs blood.
More than 44 thousand blood donations are needed every day.
A single car accident victim can require up to 100 pints of blood.
Different parts of the blood from a single donation may be used to save up to 3 different people.
5) Only 38 percent of the population are eligible to donate blood, which means if you are able to donate, you are really needed.
The average adult has 10 pints of blood of which we take only one.
The entire process from start to finish takes about an hour and fifteen minutes.
Let me ask you this - when is the last time that you could honestly say that you helped save someone’s life? Come donate blood and you can say that TODAY.
Thank you.
C Dr Dog
I would like to ask all of you to please consider giving blood today. Here are a few facts from the Red Cross about blood donation.
Every 2 seconds someone in the US needs blood.
More than 44 thousand blood donations are needed every day.
A single car accident victim can require up to 100 pints of blood.
Different parts of the blood from a single donation may be used to save up to 3 different people.
5) Only 38 percent of the population are eligible to donate blood, which means if you are able to donate, you are really needed.
The average adult has 10 pints of blood of which we take only one.
The entire process from start to finish takes about an hour and fifteen minutes.
Let me ask you this - when is the last time that you could honestly say that you helped save someone’s life? Come donate blood and you can say that TODAY.
Thank you.
C Dr Dog
