2021 TarValon.Net Blood Drive

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New year, new thread -- but the same overall goal of helping our communities through blood donations. :) This year will be our 7th year of hosting our annual Blood Drive. As a community, we have contributed to this initiative since the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013. Blood banks in our local communities are vitally important whenever medical emergencies strike.

In 2020, nine donations were reported from February until November by 5 unique donors for a total of 10 pints of blood. Donations were made in the United States, Sweden, and the UK. Thank you for your donations! :)

How this works:
If you have donated blood, or feel this is an important cause and want to help promote it within the community, here are our Blood Donation graphics:
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More graphics can be found here in our library.

Many thanks to everyone for your help and support with this! :)
 
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The pandemic really restricted many of the blood drive activities in my area last year but I'm hoping to participate in 2021!
 

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Ohh I can do this! I've been donating blood once a year at Dragon Con, but since it got canceled last year I donated locally instead. And then I just kinda...kept doing it, every time they reminded me.
 

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That's awesome. :D

I stopped trying to donate blood after the 3rd time I came away looking like a drug addict. Small veins, much stabbing, not fun. But I wish everyone else well who can and wants to do this. :)
 

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*double post, good reason though*

Graphics in the first post have now been updated to the new logo. Many thanks to Marketing for their assistance with this!
 

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Done! First donation of the year in the bag, back to the Donor Centre in four months (we can only donate three times a year in the UK). I’m now up to 98 lifetime donations, all being well I should hit 100 by the end of 2021.
 
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Thanks for the reminder about this! I haven't given blood in over 20 years, because the few times I did it I ended up in bed for a week, feeling like I had the flu. I think it was because, at the time, I barely weighed the minimum required to donate blood. I weigh significantly more now :look: :laugh: and I've been wanting to give it a try again but never got around to it. This thread just prompted me to set an appt for March 27. :D
 

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Done! First donation of the year in the bag, back to the Donor Centre in four months (we can only donate three times a year in the UK). I’m now up to 98 lifetime donations, all being well I should hit 100 by the end of 2021.
That's awesome! :D

Thanks for the reminder about this! I haven't given blood in over 20 years, because the few times I did it I ended up in bed for a week, feeling like I had the flu. I think it was because, at the time, I barely weighed the minimum required to donate blood. I weigh significantly more now :look: :laugh: and I've been wanting to give it a try again but never got around to it. This thread just prompted me to set an appt for March 27. :D
You rock! :joy

I have annoyingly small veins, and don't like getting stabbed multiple times while someone tries to find a vein -- so I tend to avoid donating blood. But I might try again over spring break, when I have time for bruises to fade.
 

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I can't remember if I submitted info about my January donation or not already. :look: is there a way to check?
 

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Thanks for checking, Erin! <3
 
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I had an appointment to donate today but it was unexpectedly canceled. :( Will try again soon!
 

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I just submitted my first one! It was my third appointment this year but the first two times my hemoglobin was just slightly too low. Weirdly, this time the girl suggested I run my hands under warm water before she tried a different finger, and that worked. Everyone there thought it was crazy! Since I get cold super easily, I imagine the hot water improved my circulation just enough to make a difference. I'll take it!
 

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The US has a blood shortage, and there has been (and will continue to be) a lot of people in need. If you are willing and able to donate, please do so! The Red Cross website has an option at the bottom where you can plug in your zip code and find out the nearest place to donate.
 

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I always forget about this thread. I'm not even sure which year the last donation I entered was. :desk
 
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Nice to see it back I will add my donations to it in 2022 as I was stopped donating my blood by the NHS Blood and Transplant Service mid 2021 to as I stupidly failed to monitor my iron and I recorded a low iron content in my blood so they stopped me from giving damn it.
 
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