In message , Martin Brown
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I did donate in the UK when I was running a venue that they used. They
were a very impressive logistic operation turning a village hall into a
hospital ward in about 40 minutes and ripping it down even faster.

I stopped giving blood when they made it too difficult. Initially I
could walk over the road to do it. Then I had to drive 4 miles. Now I
would have to make a round trip of 24 miles and pay for parking.
(and they wonder why they are short of donors)


A lapsed donator.

I started off with a small blue book (about credit card size when
closed), then moved onto the coloured cards as I passed 25 and then 50
donations.

They used to come into work to take donations, and work were happy to
host them, and allow us the time to make the donation. Then the
transfusion service decided to stop coming (rumour has it down to cost
cutting, we had more people wanting to donate than they could
accommodate). Since then, it has been a long round trip to the nearest
centre, and no doubt having to pay to park there as well, so I haven't
donated recently.

Hmm, I've just been looking for my card and book), and I can't find
them, so no idea what the inside colour was.
..
Adrian
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