{"id":188,"date":"2008-07-30T23:24:52","date_gmt":"2008-07-31T05:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phil801.com\/wpblog\/2008\/07\/30\/blood-drive-was-a-success-and-im-a-big-sissy\/"},"modified":"2008-07-30T23:24:52","modified_gmt":"2008-07-31T05:24:52","slug":"blood-drive-was-a-success-and-im-a-big-sissy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.liftingupserenity.org\/blog\/2008\/07\/30\/blood-drive-was-a-success-and-im-a-big-sissy\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Drive was a Success! And, I\u2019m a big Sissy!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Serenity Foundation’s<\/a> first National Bloggers Blood Drive <\/a>was a big, fun success!\u00a0 We collected 23 units of blood which, by the numbers from ARUP, calculates to saving 69 lives – not bad for a quickly organized event!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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<\/a>\u00a0I’ve uploaded the photos I took of several donors, they’re available on my Flickr Feed here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Twelve Horses<\/a> hosted the event for us and provided food and drinks (unfortunately we found out that RockStars are a no-no after you’ve donated blood – they bought a bunch of them for us and we couldn’t drink them!) they also let us have Rock Band setup so everyone could play during the 5 hours the blood drive was going on.\u00a0 HUGE thanks to Twelve Horses!\u00a0 If you need internet marketing done, drop them a line<\/a>!<\/p>\n

We had The Serenity Foundation’s mascot on hand for the whole blood drive, she had a lot of fun meeting everyone!<\/p>\n

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I’m feeling particularly drained from donating, so instead of reporting on the whole day, I’m going to just tell my story.\u00a0 Check out the link to my Flickr feed for more pictures of donors.<\/p>\n

This was the first time I’ve donated blood since I was a teenager.\u00a0 I decided to organize the blood drive after my daughter, Serenity, received multiple life-saving blood transfusions while being treated for Leukemia.\u00a0 As much as I hated doing it, I’m really glad that I was able to and I’m extremely grateful for all those that donate blood – both those that did today (many for the first time) and those that have donated in the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I was really freaked out today about the whole donating thing, literally scared senseless about getting poked with a needle.\u00a0 It’s amazing how such a tiny thing can cause such discomfort before it’s even inserted!\u00a0 I put off donating until pretty much the last minute and it was with great trepidation that I filled out the forms and sat down.\u00a0 Fortunately, Brad Baldwin <\/a>came in to donate for his first time and I used his bravery to motivate me to get on with it.\u00a0 Charlie Oliver <\/a>also came in and became my “blood brother” as we were stuck and drained at pretty much the same time.\u00a0 Here’s how freaked out I was (click the picture for a bigger image):<\/p>\n

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(and yes, I’m wearing a Captain Hammer shirt from Dr. Horrible!) Even once the needle was in, it was still a pretty intense time for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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So, for all those of you who thought I was tough or whatever, there’s proof that I’m a big sissy!\u00a0 And for those of you who have told me that you’re too squemmish for needles\/donating – hey, I did it and so can you!<\/p>\n

Our next Blood Drive will be in early October (I’ll be announcing a date at the end of this week).\u00a0 This time we only had Salt Lake going on, next time in Utah we’re planning on having Ogden, Salt Lake and Provo all going at the same time and hopefully Seattle, Phoenix, San Francisco, New York\u00a0and many other cities all going at the same time.\u00a0 If we managed to save 69 lives this time, just think how many lives we’ll be able to save if you help us spread the word!\u00a0 If you have already installed the widget on your blog, please leave it there, the banner will update with the next date as soon as we have it set – if you don’t have it installed yet, please consider installing it!<\/a><\/p>\n

Blogging for good and saving lives, quite a concept!<\/p>\n

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The Serenity Foundation’s first National Bloggers Blood Drive was a big, fun success!\u00a0 We collected 23 units of blood which, by the numbers from ARUP, calculates to saving 69 lives – not bad for a quickly organized event!\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0I’ve uploaded the photos I took of several donors, they’re available on my Flickr Feed here.
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