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Pledge to Do Your Part: Give Blood for Hurricane Sandy Relief
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I pledge to give blood this week
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Nearly 100 Red Cross blood drives have already been cancelled due to the storm, and this will only increase as the week goes on. These cancellations represent a loss of as many as 3,200 blood and platelet products. We're asking people who are eligible to give blood, especially in places not affected by the storm, to schedule a blood donation now.
"Patients will still need blood despite the weather," said Dr. Richard Benjamin, our chief medical officer. "To ensure a sufficient national blood supply is available for those in need, both during and after the storm passes, it is critical that those in unaffected areas make an appointment to donate blood as soon as possible."
To schedule a donation time or get more information about giving blood, people can visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). To give blood, you must be at least 17 years of age, meet weight and height requirements and be in general good health. Donors should bring their Red Cross blood donor card or other form of positive ID with them. Some states allow 16-year-olds to give with parental consent.
Thank you so much for helping in this time of need! For more information on our work, go to http://www.causes.com/redcross
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Update #1
Posted by Sydney Fleischer (Campaign Leader) on Oct 30, 2012Thanks so much for your pledge to give blood this week. To schedule a donation time or get more information about giving blood, visit http://www.redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).
Thanks again, stay safe, and spread the word!
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I tried to give blood once at my university, and they told me they don't take blood from my ethnicity, for scientific reasons. Otherwise, I would love to help if I can :)
From what I know, they don't take blood if you have traveled to certain countries in the past 12 months or so. The restrictions is because of some prevalent diseases in those countries. See 'travel outside the U.S' section here: http://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/eligibility-requirements/eligibility-criteria-topic
I was educated about the travel thing in my university too :P
Unfortunately, I can't give blood because I'm on a medication (Zydis) that makes it unable for me to give blood otherwise I would.
Ther is not problem mi sweet Angela. Psiquiatric medication isn´t a problem to donate you blood-and absolutly and beatifulll gift toward humanity. Cheers.
I called the Red Cross here in Victoria and they said because I am on Zydis I wouldn't be able to donate. That was last year. Maybe something has changed. I will call them again tomorrow.
I'm Polish and help?
Prawie 100 Czerwony Krzyż dyski krwi zostały już odwołane z powodu burzy, i to tylko zwiększy jak tydzień trwa. Te odwołania stanowią stratę aż o 3.200 krwi i produktów z płytek. Pytamy ludzi, którzy są uprawnieni do oddać krew, szczególnie w miejscach, które nie ucierpiały na skutek burzy, aby umówić się na pobranie krwi teraz. "Pacjenci nadal będą musiały krew mimo iż pogoda", powiedział dr Richard Benjamin, nasz dyrektor ds. medycznych. "Aby zapewnić wystarczający dopływ krwi krajowa jest dostępna dla tych, którzy potrzebują, zarówno w trakcie jak i po burza mija, ważne jest, że te w zdrowych obszarach umówić do oddania krwi, tak szybko jak to możliwe." , aby ustawić czas darowizny lub uzyskać więcej informacji na temat oddawania krwi, ludzie mogą odwiedzić redcrossblood.org lub zadzwoń 1-800-Czerwony Krzyż (1-800-733-2767). Aby oddać krew, trzeba mieć co najmniej 17 lat, spełniają wymagania w zakresie wagi i wysokość i być w ogólnym dobrym stanie zdrowia. Darczyńcy powinni przywieźć Czerwony Krzyż kartę dawcy krwi lub innej formy pozytywnej ID z nimi. Niektóre państwa umożliwiają 16-latków, aby dać za zgodą rodziców. Dziękuję bardzo za pomoc w tym czasie potrzeby! Więcej informacji na temat naszej pracy, przejdź do http://www.causes.com/redcross
Please pray for the first responders, troops.and firemen, and for the people in the path of Sandy.which is a knarly bitch.
Our home we had in Belmar is gone my mother's in Lavalette and all our famous stomping grounds gone but nit forgotten My 12 yr old asked if we can go up over the christmas break to do whatever they need us to do fill dumpsters, pass out items anything to help our friends because no matter if you move from New Jersey we are Jersey people who stand together and are the type of poeple that make friends for life we grt a bad rap but it's in our blood we are all family.
please see the cause "Help us Help NJ" Cal wants to bring donated supplies we are trying to gather and deliver them over the holidays. its on twitter too
ANY HELP FROM ME, I'M READY TO FACE FROM INDIA...........
u can take my biood.
SO WE SPEAK, HUMANITY FEDERATION!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE IN THE WORLD THERE IS SOMEWHERE YOU ARE ABLE TO GIVE BLOOD AND IF YOU CANNOT GET TO THEM THEY WILL MAKE IT TO YOU.....IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT RACE/ETHNICITY/OTHER YOU ARE,... BLOOD+NEED= NECESSITY FOR SURVIVAL, FOR EVERYONE.