giving red for a green day!

St. Patrick's Day is nearly here... and we know what a big deal that is!
It's also Red Cross Month, y'all!
Time to roll up that sleeve and spend a few minutes to save a life.
Today, I started on my thirteenth gallon.
Go ahead, I'll wait while you calculate the number of pints.
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Done?
That would be twelve gallons multiplied by eight pints per gallon...
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Ninety-six pints is the correct answer.
Ninety-six times I've journeyed to the American Red Cross center - or a bloodmobile or a blood drive at the school.
Ninety-six times I've rolled up my sleeve and donated whole blood.
Today, I gave blood for the ninety-seventh time.
The actual fluid donation took maybe ten minutes.
Answering the questions and having my vitals taken was about twenty minutes.
If I had completed the Rapid Pass online, I could have shaved that time down a bit.
Maybe I'll remember to do that next time... but probably not.
(smile)
The point is this: you can save three lives with less than an hour of your time.
What better time to give than right now?