[Taltarzac725]

https://www.oneblood.org/rewards/

I heard a rumor that they will not be giving out these Rewards at the Villages Blood Donation Center.

Maybe, if enough of us speak out about this-- if this is true-- that they will bring back the rewards.

You get to pick from a dozen or so gift card selections-- Amazon. com, Barnes and Noble.com, Wal-Mart, and a variety of restaurants and a Tire/Garage, etc. for donating whole blood, platelets, etc.

I did get a $20 gift card for donating on 12/28/2015 but hear that our Villages donation center is going to various kinds of gifts like a fleece blanket this month.

[leftyf]

Just wait until you get the blanket.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by leftyf

Just wait until you get the blanket.

Maybe, it is a very nice blanket?

[leftyf]

No, very thin and cheap. The printing on it cost more than the blanket. I have 2 more appointments scheduled for January, thinking of cancelling them and waiting to see what Feb brings. Why do I need 3 cheap blankets?

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by leftyf

No, very thin and cheap. The printing on it cost more than the blanket. I have 2 more appointments scheduled for January, thinking of cancelling them and waiting to see what Feb brings. Why do I need 3 cheap blankets?

There are some movies in their collection I have not seen yet, so I will make the two appointments I have this month-- January unless I get a cold or something.

I do wish there were giving the Gift Cards. I wonder what the management's reasoning is for doing this? It would seem to make donating blood a lot less attractive if they stopped giving the Gift Cards.

[springfield]

I just gave platelets. I got a $10 gift card and the blanket which was nice but not why I gave. As a cancer survivor, I am very very happy to donate to help those dealing with chemo.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by springfield

I just gave platelets. I got a $10 gift card and the blanket which was nice but not why I gave. As a cancer survivor, I am very very happy to donate to help those dealing with chemo.

Well, the rewards do enter into my decisions of when and where to give but it is about helping other people in the end.

I am glad that you got a blanket and a gift card as I am set to donate platelets-- which usually means I am immobile for 2 hours or more-- next week. Then I have another donation two weeks after that of platelets, and another platelet donation four weeks after in February.

I am hoping to get some Whole Blood donations in during 2016 too because I like the Villages' movie tickets they often offer.

Hopefully, I can get to this one as they often have hamburgers and/or hot dogs available and you get to look around the Fire Station--

02/11/2016

The Villages Parrot Head Club
The Villages Public Safety Department - Station 44
3035 Morse Boulevard
The Villages, FL 32163

Originally Posted by leftyf

No, very thin and cheap. The printing on it cost more than the blanket. I have 2 more appointments scheduled for January, thinking of cancelling them and waiting to see what Feb brings. Why do I need 3 cheap blankets?

You don't need the blankets then why take them? I got my blanket this past Monday. I'll probably have 2 more platelet donations this month and don't intend on taking the blankets just because they're offered. I'm disappointed in the stop in the rewards so I will be calling the number Mary gave me to voice my disappointment.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by springfield

I just gave platelets. I got a $10 gift card and the blanket which was nice but not why I gave. As a cancer survivor, I am very very happy to donate to help those dealing with chemo.

It sounds like someone is getting these gift cards???

Do they give platelet donors more than one monthly gift? I gave platelets a few months back twice in a month or so and only received one of their t-shirts. They asked me if I had gotten it all ready and I said "Yes".

It should be interesting to see what happens next week when I give platelets again.

[bagboy]

I guess I am naive. I thought the reason for giving blood was to contribute to society and provide something that would ultimately help a fellow human being in their time of need. My wife donated blood over 200 times during her state employment. I just asked her what she received for donating blood... I got a blank stare and then her reply was a cookie and cup of juice.
It's disturbing to me that in order to do good, one needs compensation.

[Walt.]

Originally Posted by bagboy

I guess I am naive. I thought the reason for giving blood was to contribute to society and provide something that would ultimately help a fellow human being in their time of need. My wife donated blood over 200 times during her state employment. I just asked her what she received for donating blood... I got a blank stare and then her reply was a cookie and cup of juice.
It's disturbing to me that in order to do good, one needs compensation.

Do you think that the people you are donating to are not selling it? Several years ago I read that the Red Cross charged our military $250 a pint.

Red Cross

[CWGUY]

Originally Posted by bagboy

I guess I am naive. I thought the reason for giving blood was to contribute to society and provide something that would ultimately help a fellow human being in their time of need. My wife donated blood over 200 times during her state employment. I just asked her what she received for donating blood... I got a blank stare and then her reply was a cookie and cup of juice.
It's disturbing to me that in order to do good, one needs compensation.

I agree!

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by bagboy

I guess I am naive. I thought the reason for giving blood was to contribute to society and provide something that would ultimately help a fellow human being in their time of need. My wife donated blood over 200 times during her state employment. I just asked her what she received for donating blood... I got a blank stare and then her reply was a cookie and cup of juice.
It's disturbing to me that in order to do good, one needs compensation.

Good for your wife. I donated a few times back in the 1980s and do not remember receiving anything. Many of the blood banks now around the country offer some kind of rewards for donating. I do not know about the Red Cross but many of the other companies I having looked up on the Internet do give various kinds of awards.

It looks like the Red Cross too offers rewards. Red Cross launches app for blood donors - Mobile Commerce Daily - Applications

SF Bay Area Blood Donor rewards-- Blood Centers of the Pacific | Find the hero in you. https://www.bloodheroes.com/index.cf...unction=redeem

KARE 11 Blood Drive | American Red Cross

[leftyf]

I have donated for over 40 years, but whole blood only and on a Red Cross bus in MI. Since moving here, blood seems to be a money maker because in MI where I came from, the Red Cross didn't have the fancy places to donate like One Blood does. My thoughts are, IF One Blood is going to spend money on rewards, spend it on something useful. Platelet donors are a lot more dedicated than a whole blood donor, we donate 22 times a year and each donation takes about 2 1/2 hours. Whole blood donations take only about 30 minutes including the time to fill out the paperwork and you only donate 6 times a year. A very big difference.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by leftyf

I have donated for over 40 years, but whole blood only and on a Red Cross bus in MI. Since moving here, blood seems to be a money maker because in MI where I came from, the Red Cross didn't have the fancy places to donate like One Blood does. My thoughts are, IF One Blood is going to spend money on rewards, spend it on something useful. Platelet donors are a lot more dedicated than a whole blood donor, we donate 22 times a year and each donation takes about 2 1/2 hours. Whole blood donations take only about 30 minutes including the time to fill out the paperwork and you only donate 6 times a year. A very big difference.

Platelet donating is kind of an ordeal. I do not see people doing this unless they really care about helping others. My blood type is AB- and that is what they usually want to me to do whenever I come into donate. The blood mobiles I went to in the Tampa Bay area were not equipped to deal with people giving platelet donations that I remember so I just gave whole blood while on these and always got some kind of rewards usually movie tickets or coupons for free movies at Hollywood Video.