[petek]

Folks if you can, please donate blood. It is easy, painless, and often involves cute nurses (got to put something in there to get your attention).

If you work somewhere that has an HR department, have your HR rep call the Red Cross. The Red Cross will help your company set up a donation day and will send out a mobile unit to take the blood. Having the blood-mobile on site makes donating much more convenient. Often times they'll even do things like cholesterol screening for free.