Today I volunteered for the San Diego County Blood Bank by helping with one of their blood-mobiles. A local salon was giving free shampoo and styles to everyone who showed up to give blood.
In between checking in the donors, I was reading Brendan Halpin’s It Takes a Worried Man. This is an amazing book about a man who’s wife is dying of cancer that you have to find and read, but right now I don’t want to distract from my point. In the book, he explains how the treatments for many diseases cause the body to stop producing blood. His wife required a steady supply of blood for the last few months of her life and he got to see first hand how giving blood paid off. “I feel, karmically speaking, that adding blood to the supply is a good and noble way to honor her fight against the disease.”
Maybe giving blood is so common that people easily forget how impacting and important it really is. Come on guys! Set up to the plate, put away your excuses, and donate blood! You don’t need to contribute money and it only takes half an hour. They give you a cool t-shirt, juice, food, and tons of free stuff. The stuff shouldn’t be the incentive, though. It’s amazing to think that anyone out there can be an integral part of saving or even just sustaining a life.
JDM Salon is having another blood drive in a few months where again, the brave and generous donors will get a free shampoo and hair style. Come to this or start your own event. Set up a tent, spread the word, get someone to donate coffee, baked goods, a live band, anything. It can be really fun. All day donors can share their blood-giving stories and blue arm bands.
Brave that one little needle poke so that the people who are suffering much more than a silly needle can be helped. As my free t-shirt proclaims, “Do it for the donut.”
Look for information on more San Diego Blood Bank events in your area, or create your own event.
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