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Donation 398 in the bags this week. 2 units of platelets and 1 unit of plasma.


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I apologize for being late posting the results of my teams, I had to travel back to East Africa for a short-term job, once the dust settles and I connect with them I will post current results.
 
This is latest update. European teams sent me their results.

Women
England - 4 pints+5 pints
USA - 6 pints+5 pints
Aussie/Kewie - 7 pints+3 pints
European - 6 pints

Men
England - 1 pints+8 pints
USA - 2 pints+3 Pints
Aussie/Kewie - 3 pints+7 pints
European - 8 pints

Hopefully, more will be coming in.
 
My first time donating 1 pint of A- after the vaccine on May 12th. First time with the Red Cross too, but they had a contest to win a camper. ;)

I see that I am already on the list, maybe from last year.

Men’s team-USA
 

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Donation 399​

My last donation in the 300s kind of has a fin de siècle feeling about it at Canadian Blood Services‘ Toronto HQ. The late ’90s were a great time for me working with Macintoshes and NLE video software.
2-units of platelets donated.
 

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After a video chat with my Scandinavian friends who reminded me that I had left them out of May’s donations, I’m contritely reporting the Scandinavian team made up of Sweden, Norway and Finland members has donated 11 pints of blood so far this month.

PS. They threaten me with no pickled herring until I report their results! Scandinavian people can be very mean!
 
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MacRumors Blood Drive results

126 blood donations totaling 130 units
45 platelet donations totaling 72 units
26 plasma donations totaling 26 units

Total for blood, platelets, and plasma: 180 donations, 228 units

We recorded 1 new organ donor registration and 1 new signup for the bone marrow registry (user @omglolbbq).

106 people participated this year. At least 43 of them were new to MacRumors Blood Drives.

Totals to date

Over 12 years, we have recorded:

599 blood donations totaling 614 units​
187 platelet donations totaling 375 units​
63 plasma donations totaling 67 units​
Total for blood, platelets, plasma: 823 donations, 1056 units​

Passing 1000 total units is a milestone for MacRumors!

We recorded 9 new organ donor registrations and 6 new signups for the bone marrow registry.

260 people have participated, 119 of them in more than one year.

3 users have participated in least 10 Blood Drives: @G4-power, @Timelordprime, and me. @jbachandouris has participated in 9 drives, @hallux and @rcappo in 8 drives, and @7thson, @JamesMike, and @stridemat in 7 drives.

Top donors to date

We thank every donor, whether or not they participated in our Blood Drive. Every donation saves lives, whether it was a one-time donation or by someone who donates regularly.

Following are some of the top donors in MacRumors Blood Drives. These are the totals recorded at MacRumors and in most cases their lifetime totals are much higher. It's not a contest, but we like to give recognition to those whose dedication is clear.

Top blood donors: @hallux (16 units), @FloatingBones (15 units), @G4-power (12 units), @jbachandouris (10 units), @rcappo (10 units). I'm a regular blood donor too.​
Top platelet donors: @Timelordprime (136 units), @7thson (39 units), @bunnspecial (33 units), skinuca (28 units), @dWolfers (22 units), @ironpw (15 units), @phroggie (12 units).​
Top plasma donors: @dWolfers (19 units), @chaleyer (14 units), chaleyer's wife (10 units).​


Donating from June 2021 through April 2022

Please continue making blood, platelet, and plasma donations.

From now through next April, register your donations on our team page, as follows:
  1. Go to the Team MacRumors 2021-2022 page. Bookmark it for the next time.
  2. Click PLEDGE TO GIVE BLOOD.
  3. Fill in your MacRumors username as your first name and @ macrumors as your last name.
  4. In the Comments field, tell us what type of donation and how many units, e.g., 1 unit of whole blood, 2 units of platelets, etc.
  5. Fill in an email address and zip code. MacRumors won't use that information, but the fields are required.
We'll tally your donations from June to April and count them toward the MacRumors Blood Drive and its Honor Roll in May 2022!
 
MacRumors Blood Drive results

126 blood donations totaling 130 units
45 platelet donations totaling 72 units
26 plasma donations totaling 26 units

Total for blood, platelets, and plasma: 180 donations, 228 units

We recorded 1 new organ donor registration and 1 new signup for the bone marrow registry (user @omglolbbq).

106 people participated this year. At least 43 of them were new to MacRumors Blood Drives.

Totals to date

Over 12 years, we have recorded:

599 blood donations totaling 614 units​
187 platelet donations totaling 375 units​
63 plasma donations totaling 67 units​
Total for blood, platelets, plasma: 823 donations, 1056 units​

Passing 1000 total units is a milestone for MacRumors!

We recorded 9 new organ donor registrations and 6 new signups for the bone marrow registry.

260 people have participated, 119 of them in more than one year.

3 users have participated in least 10 Blood Drives: @G4-power, @Timelordprime, and me. @jbachandouris has participated in 9 drives, @hallux and @rcappo in 8 drives, and @7thson, @JamesMike, and @stridemat in 7 drives.

Top donors to date

We thank every donor, whether or not they participated in our Blood Drive. Every donation saves lives, whether it was a one-time donation or by someone who donates regularly.

Following are some of the top donors in MacRumors Blood Drives. These are the totals recorded at MacRumors and in most cases their lifetime totals are much higher. It's not a contest, but we like to give recognition to those whose dedication is clear.

Top blood donors: @hallux (16 units), @FloatingBones (15 units), @G4-power (12 units), @jbachandouris (10 units), @rcappo (10 units). I'm a regular blood donor too.​
Top platelet donors: @Timelordprime (136 units), @7thson (39 units), @bunnspecial (33 units), skinuca (28 units), @dWolfers (22 units), @ironpw (15 units), @phroggie (12 units).​
Top plasma donors: @dWolfers (19 units), @chaleyer (14 units), chaleyer's wife (10 units).​


Donating from June 2021 through April 2022

Please continue making blood, platelet, and plasma donations.

From now through next April, register your donations on our team page, as follows:
  1. Go to the Team MacRumors 2021-2022 page. Bookmark it for the next time.
  2. Click PLEDGE TO GIVE BLOOD.
  3. Fill in your MacRumors username as your first name and @ macrumors as your last name.
  4. In the Comments field, tell us what type of donation and how many units, e.g., 1 unit of whole blood, 2 units of platelets, etc.
  5. Fill in an email address and zip code. MacRumors won't use that information, but the fields are required.
We'll tally your donations from June to April and count them toward the MacRumors Blood Drive and its Honor Roll in May 2022!
14 gallons total at this point.
 

LES QUATRE CENT COUP!

Ok, wrong title for my 400th donation, but I wanted to use the title just the same (apologies to Truffaut). Here's to the many people these donations have helped since 1986 in the provinces of Nova Scotia and Ontario. As well, to the patients in the other provinces where my platelets helped with severely sick people that I was matched with (if my platelets were used outside of Ontario, and I was matched with someone, that person likely had maybe 10 donors or less in Canada compatible with these patients, those were the sickest people we donate to, and regular donation rules, in terms of frequency, are sometimes waved. It's an honour to save them, but if it is that narrow, they are in dire straits, near death, and their immune system is highly compromised, usually as they are battling some form of cancer). When I started donating blood, I never thought I'd ever donate more than 100 times, as I assumed artificial blood would make donations obsolete.
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LES QUATRE CENT COUP!


CONGRATULATIONS! for reaching this amazing milestone. If they invited everyone whose life you've saved to a gathering, they wouldn't all fit in an auditorium!

I hope that at least some of them find a way to thank you. If not, we'll say thanks on their behalf.
 
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Canadian Blood Services to Lift Deferment for Gay Men by End of 2021​

Canadian Blood Services aiming to allow gay men to donate with no deferment period by the end of 2021. They are applying to Health Canada to get approval. If approved, they will ask all donors about their safe-sex practices via questions instead. That makes more sense than just banning a group of people that might practice safe sex, while allowing people that might not be practicing safe sex to donate.

 
Donated a bag last week and on Monday I got the text with the thank you that someone has received my blood. Was my 37th donation. 4 times a year is all we are allowed here.
 
Donated today (logged on SleevesUp), also donated Oct. 9 (also logged on SleevesUp), not sure when my last donation logged in this thread was.
 
Thanks to all of those who have donated!

As a survivor of childhood leukemia and recipient of blood transfusions, I couldn’t be more thankful. Now in my early 30’s, 27 years later or whatever, I am healthy as can be.

Due to those circumstances, I am ineligible to donate, so I appreciate others doing so.

I determine my charitable giving for the year every September and always give something to the Red Cross. Since I can’t donate blood, this year I donated $250, roughly the cost of a whole unit (aka pint, roughly) of blood these days.
 
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