SA Blood Bank "Running Dry"- IOL

Infromation posting by Marc Aupiais

According to an article in IOL, the South African Blood Bank ("SANBS": "South African National Blood Service"), desperately needs blood.

There is only one day's supply of blood currently in stocks!

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http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=125&art_id=nw20090114161610685C282098

Back To School: Donation Drive

"Hey all,

now a lot of us go back to school this week, that's why it's called back to school week..

I ask you to take a short amount of time out of your busy lives, to stop and think about all the people you could help with just one donation. (One donation can go toward saving four different lives)

So as we go back to school this week, let's make a back to school commitment to allow someone else to go back to school as well by giving them the gift of life.

So take some time out of your week to go and donate blood, saving a life.

Let's try and get 50 commitments (50 yes replies to this event) and save countless lives this week!!!

WE CAN ALL MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!"
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=73179050008
"Location:
The blood donation centre closest to you.
Street:
Go to the website for your country if you don't know where the nearest 1 is"
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=73179050008

To find your local clinic, follow:

http://www.sanbs.org.za/Where_Donate/where_Donate.htm

Welcome to this site

Article by Marc Aupiais

This is after a successful facebook movement was started to help increase efforts, and I have volunteered to set up this blog for that movement. They seem to be affecting the world in a way, and I hope they use this to do so also. Please subscribe, even to simply alerts, of when a post or such is made here!

I am not the major person on this site, simply helped to set it up for a cause; of a friend, who is passionate on this important issue. They hope to keep you up to date on donation issues, and to raise awareness via facebook. Their facebook group certainly attempts to do so!

I wish them good luck, and Godspeed(good tides etc) in their attempts.

Please join the facebook group, and help create awareness on this issue!