Red Cross Need More Blood
You need more blood, if you are healthy then you need more blood. Your healthy blood need to donor to others that needed. Your blood is worth, and Red Cross is organize for this purpose. Your blood will treat first before give to others and one process is blood separation. Red cross always need more blood. The article below is the work of red cross to recruit more blood.
The greater need this time of year is also because holiday vacations and time spent with family often distracts donors, said Shelby Norris, communication specialist for the American Red Cross. The Red Cross region that includes Delaware County needs to collect at least 500 pints of blood each day to satisfy the area’s need, according to the American Red Cross Web site.
Young adults are especially important to help meet this quota. Norris said about 20 percent of donors come from area high schools and colleges. And during the past few years, Norris said, young adult donors have been giving more, while senior donors are dwindling.
To target the youth demographic, the Red Cross anticipates school breaks and schedules drives around them, Norris said. This strategy seemed to work last year. Norris said the number of donors didn’t drop last winter, meaning the company was able to meet the needs of regional hospitals.
The number of donors increased by 38 percent at the Indiana Blood Center’s September two-day drive on Ball State’s campus, King said. More than 450 pints of blood were collected. The blood collected by Indiana Blood Center supplies Ball Memorial Hospital and other regional hospitals.
People are eligible to donate blood once every eight weeks. The American Red Cross in the region has almost 100 blood drives each week to meet the area’s demand. One donation could help save up to three lives. 2008 school year- American Red Cross collected 497 pints of blood from Ball State’s campus. 2009 school year (so far)- American Red Cross has collected 172 pints of blood from Ball State’s campus.
So what you are share for helping each others? Share your healthy blood will make you feel rich, you are rich of blood, your blood never finished, if you are health you never getting of anemia because your blood is taken, it’s amazing……
The greater need this time of year is also because holiday vacations and time spent with family often distracts donors, said Shelby Norris, communication specialist for the American Red Cross. The Red Cross region that includes Delaware County needs to collect at least 500 pints of blood each day to satisfy the area’s need, according to the American Red Cross Web site.
Young adults are especially important to help meet this quota. Norris said about 20 percent of donors come from area high schools and colleges. And during the past few years, Norris said, young adult donors have been giving more, while senior donors are dwindling.
To target the youth demographic, the Red Cross anticipates school breaks and schedules drives around them, Norris said. This strategy seemed to work last year. Norris said the number of donors didn’t drop last winter, meaning the company was able to meet the needs of regional hospitals.
The number of donors increased by 38 percent at the Indiana Blood Center’s September two-day drive on Ball State’s campus, King said. More than 450 pints of blood were collected. The blood collected by Indiana Blood Center supplies Ball Memorial Hospital and other regional hospitals.
People are eligible to donate blood once every eight weeks. The American Red Cross in the region has almost 100 blood drives each week to meet the area’s demand. One donation could help save up to three lives. 2008 school year- American Red Cross collected 497 pints of blood from Ball State’s campus. 2009 school year (so far)- American Red Cross has collected 172 pints of blood from Ball State’s campus.
So what you are share for helping each others? Share your healthy blood will make you feel rich, you are rich of blood, your blood never finished, if you are health you never getting of anemia because your blood is taken, it’s amazing……
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