I just wish their hours were better, the one in downtown Vancouver is far and I work when it’s open. If they had more roaming units, say at workplaces, or better hours, I’d donate far more.
Ask your company (or your building) to host a blood drive. At my old office tower in Toronto, they would schedule them every four months, and it was always successful, because there were easily 10,000 people within one city block.
I know it would be tougher to do in a post-COVID scenario, but hopefully people would pop into the office for a day to donate blood if people knew it was there.
I don’t have 90 minutes during a work day to spend out of the office (15 each way, 60 in the building). I’ve got too much labour intensive work around the house to donate on the weekend.
Daycare hours prevent me from donating blood.
Prior to changing jobs closer to home, I’d manage my diet to have enough iron to donate as frequently as allowed.
I love donating blood and do it as often as I can.
But with 2 kids in daycare it’s so often that my appointment comes and I’m some form of under the weather.
I’ve learned to just re-book in those cases, as if you say “no” to their questionnaire they don’t like you rebook for 3 months. So perhaps they should revisit their policy on that at least? No reason why having to take an Advil for a headache once should mean not donating for 3 months.
I would but they stopped taking blood in Western Newfoundland.
In my area the local health authority is constantly begging for more donors yet the nearest one is hours away. I want to donate but not so bad I’ll drive 4 plus hours.
