[Blindtlk] NFB Blood Drive

[Steve P. Deeley]

Prior to donateing, it is good to check directly with the Red Cross.
Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] NFB Blood Drive


> 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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