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Giving blood is fairly simple, believe it or not. We are trying to get the American
public to hear us. You have to be seventeen years old. And again that's the State ruling
so depends on the State you're in. And you need to check with your guidelines there.
See if that's a requirement sixteen or seventeen. A hundred and ten pounds that's pretty much
the standard across the nation. And that is set by the FDA. In fairly good health, and
what we mean by that is, you know, you may have few low things going on but you're in
generally good health. Fairly active. You know, you can come in and give blood. The
population, today most of us are active. You know, we're at here doing things and we?re
eligible to give blood. Believe it or not. Most of the time we talk to first time donors
and we're talking to them one on one or in a group. And we'll for questions or I met
a blood donor outside. Can you tell me why you've never given blood before? And people
will tell you. Because I've never been asked. Now to me that's astounding because that's
what we do for the good of the society. Why are you asking? But most people say the reason
they've given blood is because they've never been asked directly. Or never been in a situation
where they've known there was a need for blood. Either family member or whatever reason he
had needing blood. So we've got to make sure we do that asking. The population today you
know is more active like I said than ever. So we're warning people to come in and give
blood. Most people only give blood about one time, one and a half times a year. Now you
think about that with the number of need and the number of the need that is there out there.
We need people to be giving more often So we're attempting to get people to donate you
know, at least twice a year. Frame it around a birthday, frame it around a holiday or frame
it around the events you remember or a couple of the events you remember. Make it a point
to come in and give blood because we need those donors in the Dover to make sure the
blood supply is there when it's needed, at the time it's needed. And we don't have to
wait. Because if we wait, we may miss out on an opportunity to have the blood there
when it's needed like I said. So the guidelines are fairly simple. Really easy to remember.
Seventeen years old, a hundred and ten pounds and in fairly good health.