For the past seven years the Clear Lake community has been donating blood faithfully to the blood drive. The blood drive takes place at the community center on Main Street. When a person wants to give blood there are some requirements that they have to meet before they can give. Some of the requirements to give blood are that you have to be 17 or older, but not over sixty. You have to weigh 110 pounds or more and be in good health, you can not give blood if you have taken medicine recently.
“Giving blood helps people who have had surgery, who have been in accidents and needed a transfusion, and many other things.” said Doris Wilson, who has worked at the blood mobile in clear lake for the past seven years.
On an average, they collect about sixty pints of blood a day, but of course they could always collect more if people donated! After giving blood the giver is required to drink a glass of water first then when they are feeling better they can either have more water or they may have a glass of orange juice, there are also crackers and cookies that they can munch on. When they blood is taken it gets put directly into coolers to keep it safe on the way to hospitals.
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