PLEASE DONATE BLOOD TOMORROW AT PUBLIC RADIO!
The Red Cross and Louisville Public Media (my place of employment) are teaming up to have a blood drive tomorrow from 10am-3pm. The Louisville Red Cross has an urgent need for blood - as of right now, they are operating with less than a 24-hour supply.
No one wants my incancerated* plasma, so I thought I would post to see if anyone** reading this could come donate. You can either set up an appointment by calling the lovely Janelle (our receptionist extraordinaire) at 814-6500, or just walk-in and sign up on the spot. We're at 619 South 4th St., between Broadway & Chestnut, right next to the Palace Theater.
If you do, let me know and I'll come say hi and hold your hand while they stick the needle in, then get you a cookie.
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* Chemotherapy depletes patients' red blood cells to the point where many of us need blood transfusions sometime over the course of our treatment. I was lucky enough not to (Procrit did the trick for me) but it was close a couple times, and many of my good friends have needed transfusions to get them through treatment. So there - I played the cancer card to persuade you to give blood. How can you say no?
** The eligibility guidelines say that if you are a male who has had sexual contact with another male since 1977, or if you've had sex with someone who fits that description, you can't donate. I would agree with those of you who might say this is BS. We did a show on blood donation a few years ago, and apparently this is a state regulation, not one implemented by the Red Cross.
No one wants my incancerated* plasma, so I thought I would post to see if anyone** reading this could come donate. You can either set up an appointment by calling the lovely Janelle (our receptionist extraordinaire) at 814-6500, or just walk-in and sign up on the spot. We're at 619 South 4th St., between Broadway & Chestnut, right next to the Palace Theater.
If you do, let me know and I'll come say hi and hold your hand while they stick the needle in, then get you a cookie.
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* Chemotherapy depletes patients' red blood cells to the point where many of us need blood transfusions sometime over the course of our treatment. I was lucky enough not to (Procrit did the trick for me) but it was close a couple times, and many of my good friends have needed transfusions to get them through treatment. So there - I played the cancer card to persuade you to give blood. How can you say no?
** The eligibility guidelines say that if you are a male who has had sexual contact with another male since 1977, or if you've had sex with someone who fits that description, you can't donate. I would agree with those of you who might say this is BS. We did a show on blood donation a few years ago, and apparently this is a state regulation, not one implemented by the Red Cross.