[Blindtlk] NFB Blood Drive

[Mike Freeman]

Steve:

As of a couple of years ago, insulin-dependent diabetics were able to donate
if there were no health indicators otherwise. At least that's what I was
told.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Steve P. Deeley
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 7:46 AM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] NFB Blood Drive

I have donated over 200 pints of blood and have never experience any
discrimination.  It has nothing to do with your sight or the lack of sight. 
It all is related around your health.  Are you healthy enough to donate
blood.  The Red Cross continues to tighten and refine its blood donating
policies in order to


protect donating and the general population receiving blood products  I
don't know if insulin dependent diabetics are allowed to donate.  I am
thinking they are not.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 9:59 PM
Subject: [Blindtlk] NFB Blood Drive


>
> Good evening again everyone,
>
>    I believe it was at either the 2003 or the 2005 national convention 
> that a blood drive was held. Mary gave blood during that convention. 
> As I recall Gary Wunder headed up this convention activity. There have 
> not been any blood drives at our national convention since that one 
> and I never found out why.
>
>     Since we've entered the age of community service and have a group 
> that could manage this project perhaps this is something we should 
> start again particularly in light of the recent problems blind donors 
> faced when attempting to give blood. I sure hope Darrien Smith reads 
> this. Perhaps our local chapters and state affiliates could conduct 
> similar blood drives.
> This
> is another way to combat discrimination against the blind and do 
> community service at the same time.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
>
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