Tag: Red Cross Blood

Alex’s Battle

The adorable, brave smile to the left belongs to Alex, a four-year-old from Portland who is currently undergoing cancer treatments. Alex’s mom Sara was kind enough to share her son’s […]

Dough-nate for the Doughnuts!

What would you do for a free doughnut? How about help save some lives? Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, blood donors can satisfy their sugar sensations with fresh Krispy Kreme […]

Needles that help save lives…

A few weeks ago I got my very first tattoo at Infinity here in Portland. Traci (the tattoo artist) and I had about three hours to get to know each […]

Trivia Time! Guess how long. . .

A few months ago, Robin boggled all your brains with a blood trivia blog that asked you to guess the number of red blood cells in the human body. The […]

“Thx for saving my life!”

Have you ever thought that you may one day need a blood transfusion? Have you ever thought about where–actually who– that blood might come from? You never know when you […]

The cuddliest red blood cell around

Speaking of educational gifts. . . I can’t stop giggling about all of the items for sale from GIANTmicrobes, a company that makes larger-than-life plush stuffed “animal” microbes. Examples of […]

Uh, why is my plasma green?

We all know that “being green” is pretty trendy right now. But your blood components actually being green? That’s kind of weird/cool/gross to think about… I never really thought about […]

Better Than Girl Scout Cookies?

I’ve been doing some research on Girl Scout cookies. It doesn’t seem like a very broad topic, right? After I dug around, I started asking myself all kinds of questions: […]