Donating blood
The Ultimate Gift
Imagine that one day you were driving to the mall and out of nowhere, someone run through a red light and crashed straight in to you. You end up in the hospital, needing a blood transfusion. The scene is all too real and it happens every day. In a single car accident, a person could need up to 100 pints of blood. The average person can donate 3 pints every 56 days (redcrossblood.org). This is why, today, I urge you to go out and donate blood. I know some of you may hate the thought of needles or think that giving blood won’t really help. But, please consider what I say and make a better informed decision after hearing the benefits of donating blood. People like you made a conscious decision to donate blood and it is their blood that could give you, or someone you know life. It is highly probable that you or someone you know will need a blood transfusion. According to the article “Donate” by Sonya Gonzales in the New York Times in 2009, you are the new generation of donors— people in their late teens and early twenties. She says that this "new generation of donors is the key to our blood supply today and tomorrow." Through research and personal experience of giving blood, I have learned how important it is to donate blood. After explaining the need for a sufficient blood supply, the donation process, and benefits of giving blood I hope you will decide to save a person’s life by donating blood.
Now, let’s begin with the need for blood donation. "The stress on the blood supply is increasing." (Gonzales). The demand for blood never lets up because according to Sara Saldana, author of “Give Blood” in Weekly Reader, 2010, every day thousands of people need donations to survive. The blood must go through a series of time-consuming tests and then used before it perishes—whole blood for instance cannot be used after 42 days. As a result, maintaining an adequate blood supply is a challenge. According to the 2009 article, How to Give the Gift of
Imagine that one day you were driving to the mall and out of nowhere, someone run through a red light and crashed straight in to you. You end up in the hospital, needing a blood transfusion. The scene is all too real and it happens every day. In a single car accident, a person could need up to 100 pints of blood. The average person can donate 3 pints every 56 days (redcrossblood.org). This is why, today, I urge you to go out and donate blood. I know some of you may hate the thought of needles or think that giving blood won’t really help. But, please consider what I say and make a better informed decision after hearing the benefits of donating blood. People like you made a conscious decision to donate blood and it is their blood that could give you, or someone you know life. It is highly probable that you or someone you know will need a blood transfusion. According to the article “Donate” by Sonya Gonzales in the New York Times in 2009, you are the new generation of donors— people in their late teens and early twenties. She says that this "new generation of donors is the key to our blood supply today and tomorrow." Through research and personal experience of giving blood, I have learned how important it is to donate blood. After explaining the need for a sufficient blood supply, the donation process, and benefits of giving blood I hope you will decide to save a person’s life by donating blood.
Now, let’s begin with the need for blood donation. "The stress on the blood supply is increasing." (Gonzales). The demand for blood never lets up because according to Sara Saldana, author of “Give Blood” in Weekly Reader, 2010, every day thousands of people need donations to survive. The blood must go through a series of time-consuming tests and then used before it perishes—whole blood for instance cannot be used after 42 days. As a result, maintaining an adequate blood supply is a challenge. According to the 2009 article, How to Give the Gift of