I received the following in my inbox today:
Dear Brent:
Thank you for giving blood with the American Red Cross on 5/30/2014. After first ensuring that local needs were met, your blood donation was sent to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, NC to help a patient in need. Your donation is on its way to changing lives!
Every day, patients like Tim receive blood for a variety of conditions including life-threatening illnesses, blood disorders and traumas. Your blood donations are critical to helping save patients’ lives.
You may be able to help more patients with fewer appointments by donating double red cells. Ask if you’re eligible to give a double red cell donation when you make your next appointment.
On behalf of the hospitals and patients we serve, thank you for being a Red Cross blood donor.
Sincerely,
Richard Benjamin, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Medical Officer
American Red Cross
I would have given without the thanks (and have many times in the past). Regardless, it feels nice to be thanked and is interesting to know where at least some of my blood went. I might just try the double red donation sometime in the future.
And yes, the email’s link was red. :-)