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  • Red Cross Offers Free Gas If You Donate Blood

    May 25, 2008 ·

    The American Red Cross has started a new promotion which they hope will help fill up the blood bank. They are offering free gas to those who donate blood.

    The new promotion will enter blood donors into a raffle for free gas, among other gift cards and such.

    The idea is to try and keep the high level of blood donations coming in through the summer months, as the supply usually goes down as they are not able to go to high schools and such.

    Many people do it just to help out and hopefully save a life. With gas prices now nearing and exceeding $4 in some places around the U.S., this could be another incentive to try to give some blood, in return for some gas.

    They will need around 23,000 people to donate blood through Labor Day to maintain the supply needed throughout the summer. -dbTechno

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    In Las Vegas, several of the "Locals Casinos" sponsor blood drives from time to time. You generally get a T-Shirt and a free buffet coupon if you donate at one (Generally these are Stations or Boyd Casinos). Penn & Teller sponsor blood drives once a year, too. They give everybody who donates free admission to their show.

    Its not gas, but its a "Vegas thang."

    Fern
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      I donate blood and do not need or want any gifts for doing so. I feel good in giving. For years I did not know what my blood type was but for some reason never got my card they use my SS # at the school when I go to find me. Well I got my card now and now I know why they are always calling me for my blood/ I have O+ which from what I was told is the rarest. They can give my blood to anyone.
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        O Positive is called Universal Donor because it can be used by many people. I have B Positive (much rarer), but I can't donate any more because I am (among other things) anemic. Bad enough that I have to take meds for life, so they don't want me. When I was younger I donated regularly.

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        • #5
          2 years ago I gave blood and a month later I received a $25 gas card in the mail. It was a nice surprise at the time. I run the blood drive at my school twice yearly, and this year they gave out download cards for I-pods. Last year they gave Subway certificates. The kids usually don't expect anything but they love the giveaways.
          Jacki

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