Extra special thanks to the type A+ crowd out there.
I always knew we were blood brothers, Ari
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Alright, I'm scheduled for May 29th and June 4th.
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MacRumors 2018 Blood Drive!
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I always knew we were blood brothers, Ari
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Alright, I'm scheduled for May 29th and June 4th.
Got a text message from my North Carolina located mates, six have given a pint each their am time and expect two more by Friday. I will update by the end of the week.
Received confirmation the two from North Carolina have donated, also received a email from from former Army mates (working civilians) at Ft. Harrison, Montana. Nine of them will give blood by next week.
Congratulations to the donors from the 2nd and 3rd weeks of May: @fischersd, @barbu, @bunnspecial, Linda, @Humanosaurus, @Venron, @FloatingBones, @lehrblogger, and @JamesMike and his many teammates!
I'll add my blood donation too:
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I'll add my blood donation too:
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Really good feeling to get this text message 5 days later:
“Hi (olifant), your blood donation is already at work! Your blood has gone on to save lives at Box Hill Hospital, Vic today. Blood Service team.”
There are six more British mates that are finishing a training exercise who want to give but they cannot give until they return to England on the 5th of June. I will nudge them next week to blood donation center.
Just booked a donation for June 7. They're doing a drive at the campus where I work and it happens to be the next day I'm eligible to donate. Provided they take me after having had a cortisone shot today...
Congratulations to the donors from the last week of May and into June: @bunnspecial, @Olifant, @hallux, and the British teammates of @JamesMike, plus a shout-out to @A.Goldberg (a past blood recipient) for supporting the cause!
Tomorrow we'll post the final and cumulative Blood Drive totals.
Tomorrow we'll post the final and cumulative Blood Drive totals.
Final Tally
The MacRumors 2018 Blood Drive has ended but the need for blood and platelet donations continues. We encourage eligible people to donate blood and platelets at any time of year, to spread the word about how important it is, to sign up for the organ donor registry and bone marrow registry if you haven't already done so, and to encourage others to do the same.
2018 Blood Drive totals:
Special mention to bunnspecial as top donor, with 12 units of platelets, and to JamesMike, with 34 team members.
Cumulative
Top blood drive team: JamesMike: 95 units
Thanks everyone! Keep donating, and plan ahead for next year's MacRumors Blood Drive in May 2019!
The MacRumors 2018 Blood Drive has ended but the need for blood and platelet donations continues. We encourage eligible people to donate blood and platelets at any time of year, to spread the word about how important it is, to sign up for the organ donor registry and bone marrow registry if you haven't already done so, and to encourage others to do the same.
2018 Blood Drive totals:
Blood: 50 donors, 51 donations, 52 units
Platelets: 4 donors, 9 donations, 21 units
Plasma: 1 donor, 1 donation, 1 unit
Totals: 55 donors, 61 donations, 74 units
Thanks and congratulations to the forum members on our Honor Roll:Platelets: 4 donors, 9 donations, 21 units
Plasma: 1 donor, 1 donation, 1 unit
Totals: 55 donors, 61 donations, 74 units
@barbu, @brinary001, @bunnspecial, @burnhamish, @Darien Red Sox, @Doctor Q, @fischersd, @FloatingBones, @hallux, @Humanosaurus, @iSkippy, @JamesMike, @Jonosumner, @lehrblogger, Linda, @Olifant, @PJM83, @skinuca, @Slade Mahoney, @stridemat, @Timelordprime, @Venron
and to all other blood, platelet, and plasma donors.
Special mention to bunnspecial as top donor, with 12 units of platelets, and to JamesMike, with 34 team members.
Cumulative
Blood: 185 donors, 326 donations, 334 units
Platelets: 34 donors, 93 donations, 201 units
Plasma: 7 donors, 7 donations, 9 units
Totals: 216 donors, 421 donations, 544 units
Multi-year participants: 62
Organ donor signups: 8
Bone marrow registry signups: 3
Top platelet donors: @Timelordprime (30 units), @7thson (29 units), @bunnspecial (27 units), @ironpw (15 units), @skinuca (14 units)Platelets: 34 donors, 93 donations, 201 units
Plasma: 7 donors, 7 donations, 9 units
Totals: 216 donors, 421 donations, 544 units
Multi-year participants: 62
Organ donor signups: 8
Bone marrow registry signups: 3
Top blood drive team: JamesMike: 95 units
Thanks everyone! Keep donating, and plan ahead for next year's MacRumors Blood Drive in May 2019!
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Thank you, Thank you, Thank you All that have donated. I wish I could donate but I can't with CLL and Agammaglobulinemia. I'm on the Watch-and Wait with the CLL. If I need blood or platelets sometime down the road someone here may have saved my life. Thank you again.
Join Team MacRumors!
We encourage MacRumors forum members and site visitors to donate blood or platelets at any local donation center, at any time of year.
Next year's MacRumors Blood Drive will be in May 2019. Between now and then, you can pledge your blood donations for the MacRumors Red Cross team, as suggested last year by @Slade Mahoney.
To be included in next year's Honor Roll, enter your forum user name as your First Name and @macrumors as your Last Name when pledging a blood donation for our team.
Example:
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Spread the word!
We encourage MacRumors forum members and site visitors to donate blood or platelets at any local donation center, at any time of year.
Next year's MacRumors Blood Drive will be in May 2019. Between now and then, you can pledge your blood donations for the MacRumors Red Cross team, as suggested last year by @Slade Mahoney.
To be included in next year's Honor Roll, enter your forum user name as your First Name and @macrumors as your Last Name when pledging a blood donation for our team.
Example:
Spread the word!
And I did another 3 units of platelets on Monday to finish out the month.
I know this was already tallied, but wanted to be sure to mention it.
I know this was already tallied, but wanted to be sure to mention it.
I know it was entered as a "dummy" for demo purposes but that zip code is actually valid, it just so happens to be the zip code where I'm donating tomorrow!
We already included your June 4 donation in the stats. Yes, we're that clever!
You and others can record each donation for Team MacRumors at
until our next Blood Drive begins.
The site doesn't let you say that you're donating platelets versus blood, but we can still tally the donations. Go Team!
They did accept my donation Thursday (there was doubt due to the Cortisone shot I received the week before), the appointment was made on May 31. Ended up with a little bruising, the girl that did the "stick" didn't put the needle in far enough, they had to come back and go deeper for better flow, including moving it around (likely the cause of the bruise).
Reminder: Get a head start on the 2019 MacRumors Blood Drive!
Record your blood or platelet donations between now and April 30, 2019. You can donate when you want and where you want, even though we're using a Red Cross team page to record donations.
Step 1: Go to our team page -- sleevesup.redcrossblood.org/campaign/macrumors-blood-drive/ -- and click PLEDGE TO GIVE BLOOD.
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Step 2: Fill in the form:
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Step 3: Click MAKE A PLEDGE.
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Step 4: The last screen offers to help you to find a donation location. If you don't need that help, simply close the browser window.
Any donations recorded between now and April 30 will be counted in the MacRumors Blood Drive during May 2019.
Record your blood or platelet donations between now and April 30, 2019. You can donate when you want and where you want, even though we're using a Red Cross team page to record donations.
Step 1: Go to our team page -- sleevesup.redcrossblood.org/campaign/macrumors-blood-drive/ -- and click PLEDGE TO GIVE BLOOD.
Step 2: Fill in the form:
First Name: Fill in your forum username so we'll know it's you!
Last Name: Type @ macrumors.
Comments: Report the type of donation, e.g., 1 unit of whole blood, 2 units of platelets, etc.
Email address: The address to which an automatic confirmation will be sent. We don't care if you fill in a real address, a fake address, or a disposable one. MacRumors won't use it.
Zip code: Fill in any zip code, which determines the map you see in Step 3. MacRumors won't use it.
Last Name: Type @ macrumors.
Comments: Report the type of donation, e.g., 1 unit of whole blood, 2 units of platelets, etc.
Email address: The address to which an automatic confirmation will be sent. We don't care if you fill in a real address, a fake address, or a disposable one. MacRumors won't use it.
Zip code: Fill in any zip code, which determines the map you see in Step 3. MacRumors won't use it.
Step 3: Click MAKE A PLEDGE.
Step 4: The last screen offers to help you to find a donation location. If you don't need that help, simply close the browser window.
Any donations recorded between now and April 30 will be counted in the MacRumors Blood Drive during May 2019.
I donated in October and just last week ... and I have tweeted to the MacRumor’s donation hash tag !
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[doublepost=1548923862][/doublepost]PS 1 unit of whole blood each time ... always nice to get a thank you SMS afterwards
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Topping off my third gallon lifetime donations...
Topping off my third gallon lifetime donations...
Well.. that donation was eventful!! The woman that took care of me was very talkative but very nice. She had trouble getting the test vials to fill and needed to get help. I actually donated today at one of the local Red Cross donation centers, I had to skip my initial appointment due to a doctor's appointment on the same day.
THEN, on the way home I (initially) unknowingly ended up assisting our state police with locating a hit and run suspect. Saw him driving erratically on the highway, when he got off (at the exit I was getting off at) I could see the airbags deployed and decided it needed to be called in. He eventually got his car stuck on a snowbank at the entrance to his driveway. I waited for the cops, when the sergeant (one of FIVE officers that were there at the time) came to talk to me he advised me the guy was "hammered". Dispatch had advised me the vehicle was wanted for a hit and run incident, which happened before I saw him the first time.
THEN, on the way home I (initially) unknowingly ended up assisting our state police with locating a hit and run suspect. Saw him driving erratically on the highway, when he got off (at the exit I was getting off at) I could see the airbags deployed and decided it needed to be called in. He eventually got his car stuck on a snowbank at the entrance to his driveway. I waited for the cops, when the sergeant (one of FIVE officers that were there at the time) came to talk to me he advised me the guy was "hammered". Dispatch had advised me the vehicle was wanted for a hit and run incident, which happened before I saw him the first time.
