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Please give blood!

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Real Estate Agent with PRUDENTIAL Holley Properties

I just gave blood and I feel great! This time of year has the highest demand for blood and platelets. Not only with the holidays come the extra need, but the regular donors are either away or are too busy to make a donation. So it's a great time to give or better yet, have your office schedule a blood drive. I can't think of a better time that the old saying "it's better to give than to receive" is more appropriate.

Have a safe and happy holiday.

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David Spencer
Keller Williams Northland - Kansas City, MO
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Good post. I give blood 3 or 4 times per year. There is definitley a shortage at this time.
Dec 26, 2006 06:53 AM
Dena Stevens
Rocky Mountain Realty - Canon City, CO
Putting The Real Into Realtor Since 2004
I believe it is better to give (blood) than to receive (blood). Now if I can just stop fainting like a little girl everytime!
Dec 26, 2006 07:34 AM
John Sygowski
PRUDENTIAL Holley Properties - Navarre, FL
Good for you Leslie. They now have some very strict guidelines for donating. Some seem a little over the top, but I'm sure they have good reason. There are many ways to donate, lately I've been doing a procedure called "apheresis" which in a nutshell, takes the parts of your blood that is needed and then returns the rest to your body mixed with a saline solution. By doing it this way, instead of helping 2-3 people, you end up helping 4-6. It does take a little longer(around 25 mins for me) but the end result can be used by all types.
Dec 27, 2006 01:07 AM