Blood and Tissue Center Donations

[Kyle]

Also remember that if you have any tattoo's or piercings in the last year and last 6 months respectively that you can not donate blood. High risk for hepatitis's and other infections. I have O neg blood so they call me every 56 days to come and donate and I also donate platelets (sp?) and they make a huge difference. A great program that the American Blood bank has started, at least in this area, is if you join a program with fellow co-workers or volunteers and all donate regularly if you ever need blood at a hospital you do not have to pay for it. Blood is very very expensive if you undergo surgery or have a trauma and loose blood. this is a great program to be in, I am a part of it at my firehouse and it has already saved one fellow member $500 from his medical bills.
This is also a great thing for FIRST teams to take part in I know that MOE has started a program called 'Flow with MOE' that is a blood drive where everyone qualifies on the team to donate and what ever family and friends they can get donates. it is a fun way to get people to be interested in your team and a great thing to do for you local and even national community

[Tytus Gerrish]

I wasant allowed to give blood on my birthday because they said by hand being burned was a health risk.

[Mike Schroeder]

Superman has Kryponite, Big Mike has needles

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by Kyle

Also remember that if you have any tattoo's or piercings in the last year and last 6 months respectively that you can not donate blood.

The Red Cross has changed their guidelines on piercings recently, such that if they were sterile tools then there is no wait period.

It is easy to do, and I usually get a tshirt and lunch. The tshirts are great for rugby practice, I get 4 or 5 new ones every year and that almost matches the ripping rate.

Wetzel