Free Keene Donates Ideas… How About Some Blood?

July 31, 2010 by Brad
Filed under: Announcement, Charity, Keene, Outreach

We who blog here at Free Keene do so not for money… we do so to offer our ideas and opinions about how a society can exist without the need for initiating violence against the peaceful. Many of you who read here may vastly disagree with what we advocate, but I don’t think you could claim that we are not advocating what we truly believe is the “right” thing to do.

We believe in helping people… mostly, by helping people to understand how a society can exist without the initiation of force. Helping people is not always limited to ideas, writing, activism, and politics though.

A participant in the Free Keene forum has mentioned that the Summer Chill ’10 Blood Drive will taking place in Keene at the Best Western Hotel on 08/02/10 from 11:00AM to 7:00PM. I respectfully request that all Free Keene readers (whether advocates of what we advocate or not) join us in going to help people who need help to survive. Let’s give some blood.

Anyone who is sixteen years old can donate blood with written parental permission here in the beautiful State of New Hampshire. Seventeen years old and beyond can do so without parental permission. The law (isn’t there one for everything?) is here.

Perhaps some of you who think we Free Keene writers/activists/supporters are crazy can come meet us and get to know us better. I wasn’t always a supporter of this particular flavor of movement which advocates freedom… but I am now for the simple fact that the people behind it are some of the nicest people I’ve met in my life.

Perhaps you too would come to that conclusion… come meet some of us AND help us help others in need at the same time.

Comments

11 Comments on Free Keene Donates Ideas… How About Some Blood?

xrazorwirex on Sat, 31st Jul 2010 1:23 pm

FK people need to do stuff like this just about as often as CD activism; it could make the difference between “those people are just loony; not gonna listen to them” and “I disagree but think they’re good people”.

Painting that church was awesome; doing this on a regular basis would be a great idea. What else could there be to do? Maybe blur the line between CD and Public Outreach more?

Keith on Sat, 31st Jul 2010 2:41 pm

You you are not sure about giving blood, please keep this in mind:
http://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/eligibility-requirements/eligibility-criteria-topic

Paul on Sat, 31st Jul 2010 4:23 pm

Great idea!

Puke on Sat, 31st Jul 2010 5:55 pm

You vampires aren’t getting my precious fluids!

Zeus on Sat, 31st Jul 2010 6:48 pm

As someone who once worked for a blood donation center, be aware that although you are donating the blood for free, hospitals are still buying it from the donation centers at a hefty pricetag (costs money to make sure you don’t have any diseases in your blood).

Just sayin’.

Paul on Sat, 31st Jul 2010 6:53 pm

As long as donation centers aren’t making some huge profit, I don’t mind. It does cost money to do testing, as you say.

Sean Sullivan on Sun, 1st Aug 2010 5:50 am

While not clearly stated on their website [http://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/eligibility-requirements ] , homosexual/bisexual men who have had sex with a male since 1974? won’t be allowed to donate. This is because of the FDA’s decision on the matter and their being a higher chance of tainted blood. I don’t understand it as the blood is tested anyway but it’s something to think of if you’ve never given blood before.

Keith on Sun, 1st Aug 2010 8:45 am

Zeus, but in this case the people that give blood are getting donations in return. Heck, even if someone isn’t allowed to give blood, they may still get free food and drink.