Did you know you can donate blood every 8 weeks?

“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
- Winston Churchill

I attended another blood drive this afternoon.  It is nice to give with out an expectation of getting something in return.  This is another easy way to make a difference and you can save a life.  I was able to complete the process within my lunch hour, ate some cookies, and headed back to work. 

Quick facts:

• If there are 100 people in a room, 46 will have type O blood, 40 will have type A, 10 will have type B and four will have type AB
• Three teaspoons of blood can save a baby's life
• One donation has the potential to save as many as three lives
• If 50 people donate, they could provide enough blood to take care of victims of a major car accident
• If 20 people donate, they could help one burn victim
• Whole blood donors can give every eight weeks
• Today, fewer than four of every ten people in the U.S. are eligible to give blood. Fewer than one in ten actually donate
• Approximately one out of every seven people entering the hospital needs blood
• Plasma donors can give as often as every three days
• Blood lasts only 42 days
• Platelets last only five days
• Approximately 40,000 pints of blood are used each day in the United States

Please consider donating blood, joining the bone marrow registry, or hosting a blood drive. 

For more details, visit http://www.bloodsource.org/