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Make Blood Shortages History with National Bloggers Blood Drive Day

July 11, 2008

Yesterday, I met Michelle Greer, a blogger with lots of energy for doing good.  She asked me to post the article below.  Michelle’s sister is a leukemia survivor, so support for cancer patients is one of her passions.  I totally buy into Michelle’s mantra:

If you don’t DO SOMETHING with social media, people will ultimately see it as a waste of time.

SharingHope.tv is all about using social media for good.  Now read on!

A Utah man named Phil Burns is calling bloggers everywhere to participate in the National Bloggers Blood Drive. If you have a blog (or even if you don’t), he’s asking you to coordinate a blood drive in your area to meet the ever increasing needs at local blood banks. 

What is motivating Phil to organize these drives? Phil’s daughter Serenity has acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a condition that requires dozens of blood transfusions.

Phil is calling bloggers everywhere to blog, organize, send Twitter messages, and muster as much support for blood banks everywhere. Don’t just blog it though. Sign up to give blood and as well as for takesalltypes.org, a service that sends you textmessages anytime your blood type is needed in your area. Let’s show Phil and Serenity that people do care about those in need by creating and building blood drives around the country on this day.

For more information on Phil’s blood drive in Utah , please visit his blog. Learn more about Serenity and her situation on her site. If you choose to organize a drive in your area, please leave a comment on this blog with the information, and we will link to your post and encourage others to participate in your area.

If you are a cancer patient, you might not be able to give blood, but you might be able to tell others what it is like to need it.  Please spread the word!

Entry Filed under: Do Something!. Tags: blood drive, leukemia, social media, takesalltypes.org.