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Writer's Block: Philanthropy
Apr. 26th, 2009 06:32 pm[Error: unknown template qotd]
1. I volunteer time as an adult leader in the Boy Scout troop I earned my Eagle with as a youth. With three kids and none in the troop, my current activity level is attending 3/4 of the weekly troop meetings, about half of the 5-times-a-year conservation drives, and an occasional other event that is of interest to Calvin. I was involved in Scouting from Bobcat to Eagle, spent time in several troops and am particularly proud of the organization and personnel of the troop with which I work.
2. I'm a habitual blood donor to the American Red Cross. People are eligible to donate every 56 days and I'm currently only reliable for donations every 70 days or so since the local Red Cross center's hours don't really work well for my schedule.
Nearly every time I discuss blood donating with folks, I'm told they don't donate blood because of fear of needles, they'll pass out, or they will vomit if they donate. I'm a guy that eschews gore of all kinds and avoids even passing glances of those operation shows on Discover Health. I don't like looking at the needle piercing my arm, so I don't look. The sting of the puncture is sharp, but short. The process of donating is pretty unremarkable to me (there have only been a few times in all my years where I felt a bit queasy while donating). Since the experience of donating blood does not elicit the same reaction in me that I hear from others, I feel a bit obligated to do it as frequently as possible.
3. Our family routinely donate items to Purple Hearts Veterans thrift shop. Okay, this is more about convenience than anything else. We'd donate this stuff to any of a number of local missions, charities, or thrift shops to which to give these items in hopes of keeping the items from going to the city dump quite yet.
1. I volunteer time as an adult leader in the Boy Scout troop I earned my Eagle with as a youth. With three kids and none in the troop, my current activity level is attending 3/4 of the weekly troop meetings, about half of the 5-times-a-year conservation drives, and an occasional other event that is of interest to Calvin. I was involved in Scouting from Bobcat to Eagle, spent time in several troops and am particularly proud of the organization and personnel of the troop with which I work.
2. I'm a habitual blood donor to the American Red Cross. People are eligible to donate every 56 days and I'm currently only reliable for donations every 70 days or so since the local Red Cross center's hours don't really work well for my schedule.
Nearly every time I discuss blood donating with folks, I'm told they don't donate blood because of fear of needles, they'll pass out, or they will vomit if they donate. I'm a guy that eschews gore of all kinds and avoids even passing glances of those operation shows on Discover Health. I don't like looking at the needle piercing my arm, so I don't look. The sting of the puncture is sharp, but short. The process of donating is pretty unremarkable to me (there have only been a few times in all my years where I felt a bit queasy while donating). Since the experience of donating blood does not elicit the same reaction in me that I hear from others, I feel a bit obligated to do it as frequently as possible.
3. Our family routinely donate items to Purple Hearts Veterans thrift shop. Okay, this is more about convenience than anything else. We'd donate this stuff to any of a number of local missions, charities, or thrift shops to which to give these items in hopes of keeping the items from going to the city dump quite yet.
