(2.9) Head down to the Providence Performing Arts Center this Wednesday and donate blood. There will be snacks and juice. Walk-ins will be accepted if safe spacing permits, but why not go here to make your appointment now. It helps them to plan. Could there be a more beautiful setting in which to donate blood …
Donors are needed now. The RI Blood Center (RIBC) warns that the region has only 1-2 days blood supply on hand. They are even running promotions to help encourage donations, as if enlightened self-interest were not enough of an incentive. All throughout January, presenting donors will be entered into a weekly drawing to win a …
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. All I meant to do here was to publicize the blood shortage, but I immediately bumped into the name of Dr. Oz, one of America’s most notorious scam artists, on the RIBC’s website. What is going on over there? (Your blood is needed: We are in …
The Rhode Island Blood Center is once again sounding the alarm. Here’s another one of those things we do just because it’s the right thing to do, even when it involves a needle, even when it benefits a complete stranger, even if we never get thanked. It’s just part of the social contract. In recent …
The Rhode Island Blood Center donor coach will be parked at Blue State Coffee on Thayer Street this afternoon. Head over and do something nice for a stranger. After donating you will be down a pint — all donors can enjoy a free brewed drink courtesy of the good people at BSC (tips still welcome). …
You got it — they need it. Get over to the Bloodmobile at Wayland Square right now. The bloodletters have informed me that they will be there until 7PM (which is to say that they want to go home at 7PM, so don’t be a doosh and walk in at five-of). There are no incentives …