While my family was in New York we decided to do something to help out with the hurricane relief effort. At first the idea was to volunteer, however it was impossible to find a place that didn't require an orientation or to be over 18.
After realizing volunteering was out, the second idea was to donate blood. You'd be surprised how hard it is to find a place that will take your blood around here, most of the hospital data bases are down so they are not taking blood donations, no matter how needed it is.
After almost an hour googling around and calling people, my dad found two places that might be open. We had no confirmation from either of them, and ended up walking to the one that was closer. We promptly became lost, walking in circles trying to find a place to just take our blood!
When all seemed lost we found a become of hope, a blood donation center hidden behind a park. We walked in, ready to donate when...
We were told they would not be accepting donations till January because of the storm! Luckily, or so it seemed, they had the name of another blood bank that would be open on Black Friday.
Today we set off, ready to finally do our bit to help New York recover. Paper work was filled out, photo IDs looked at, and the preliminary tests taken when...
We were denied. My iron levels were to low, and it turns out that you can't donate blood if you have a cold, meaning that our two day adventure resulted in nothing. Ah well, perhaps another year.
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