Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Blood Donation #110

I'm fortunate to have a Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Center at my place of employment, which makes it easy for me to take 45 minutes out of my workday and donate a unit of blood. The donor center also opens up early, so I was able to get one of the 6:30 appointments and here I am, with my 110th unit of A+ blood.
2 more donations to go for my 14 gallon pin!

I hope those of you that are healthy and able will take an hour out of your busy schedule to donate a unit of blood this holiday season. Even though I'll never meet any of the people that benefit from my unit of blood, it's a good feeling to know that I may have had a part in saving someone's life (or even several someone's!)

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good for you Ruth, that is quite an accomplishment, and that is a very nice picture of you. [Yes I'm biased "cuz I'm your Mom].

MOM

Lynne at Hasty Brook said...

Kudos to you Ruthie! As a blood banker I KNOW that your donations have improved and saved many lives.

Jayne said...

WOW! Congratulations Ruthie! I am only an EIGHT gallon donor. You go girl!!

Heather said...

Ruthie, that is AWESOME!!! There's a blood drive taking place a few miles down the road from where I work next Monday, and I'm going to try very hard to get there and donate.

troutbirder said...

Way to go Ruthie!

Mama Pea said...

Ya know what, Ruthie? You are truly a G.O.O.D. person. (Can we get you cloned?)

P.S. Have you been losing weight?

Debbie said...

Wow, Ruthie, that is amazing! Good for you.