blood drive

Today we had our first Blood Drive at the firehouse. While it was supposed to be a union sponsored event, I received zero help. Zero union members volunteered to help, zero co-workers showed up to donate. So it was not really a union Blood Drive; it was my Blood Drive. Regardless, I worked really hard on this event and it turned out well!

A friend from the hospital and one from neighboring firehouse met up with me early for lunch. And they helped me make signs. And they donated blood with me! They made the day tolerable. The boys on my shift rotated in (they weren't able to commit to volunteering because they were working the day of the drive) as they were able to between calls. It was nice to have their support too. In the end we had 22 units of blood donated, 10 of which were new donors. So my hard work at promoting the event brought in 10 people who have never donated in the past. Yay!!!

This kid was super cute. I took him out to see the fire engines, he was SO excited.