Beer for Blood

erik_kosberg · #1 09-08-2004, 11:51 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...er_for_blood_2

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Some in Michigan who roll up their sleeves to donate blood will get a racetrack T-shirt, hat and pin. Sponsors in San Diego have given away whale-watching trips. On Wednesday, the Cleveland Regional Transit Authority handed out vouchers for a pint of any beverage, including beer, in exchange for a pint of blood.

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CurtisEdmonds · #2 09-09-2004, 01:10 AM

I'm just happy to get Nutter Butter and Cranapple.

**drmomentum**[$] · #3 09-09-2004, 08:38 AM

I haven't gone ot many places, but at Boston Childrens Hospital the places is always stocked with Fig Newtons, Oreos, juices of different sorts and the like.

I gues the benefit of beer is that, with the reduced blood volume you get buzzed quicker.

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"We don't want them to donate just because there's something in it for them," she said. "The real gift is that they could be saving up to three lives."

I'd donate anyhow, but the premiums (free parking in the hospital garage, t-shirts, tote bags, etc) make it fun.

-JP

murasaki · #4 09-09-2004, 09:13 AM

I donate anyway. The free food is just a bonus. Beer is not much of an incentive for me since I hardly ever drink it.

**taurusmoon** · #5 09-09-2004, 09:14 AM

NY Blood Center is offering a gift from Tiffanys with 4 platelet donations between now and November.

I already selected a heart keychain. Now all I have to do is actually keep an appointment.

Sara
Who keeps forgetting and taking aspirin within 72 hours

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**soxfan**[$] · #6 09-09-2004, 10:48 AM

Peter Mayle, who wrote the A Year in Provence, Toujour Provence, etc., has a story about giving blood in the French village he lived near. Afterwards, there was all sorts of food and drink; one person's sole job was to open bottles of wine.

There's a drive at Fenway on Saturday; if my wife and I don't have plans, I'd like to go and give.

frazzledspice · #7 09-09-2004, 11:33 AM

Many organizations provide premiums and perks for people who participate in good works and charities.

I've gotten all sorts of discount coupons and free food at charity walkathons (the bigger the city, the greater the perks, I've found.) Just yesterday, a radio station was collecting money and items for families whose lives were affected by the Florida hurricanes, and Chick FilA gave everyone who made a contribution a coupon for a free sandwich.

Buy those fund-raising candy bars and you frequently have McDonald's coupons for free burgers on the wrappers.

My husband has been lucky in his United Way Fund Drives. Once he won $250 in a raffle of participants. Another time he won a free weekend at a local apartment complex with golf course/pool. (We are saving that, probably, for my daughter's birthday party.) He didn't donate to United Way to get those prizes, but they were nice, nevertheless.

I don't think that most people look for "the best deal" when donating or volunteering for charities, but it's nice that the corporate community supports and thanks people who do good.