January is National Blood Donors Month. About 39,000 pints of blood are needed every single day in US hospitals and emergency rooms alone, never mind the many, many units needed daily by our sons and daughters at war.
Only about 5% of American adults eligible to give blood, actually do so. Even fewer of us do so on a regular basis.
Does it hurt? Well, it feels like someone stuck a needle in your arm, yeah. And, truthfully, for small people like myself with itsy bitsy veins, it can be uncomfortable.
Have you ever gotten up at night, stumbled aound in the dark, and caught your little toe on the edge of a dresser or doorway? Well, giving blood is way less painful than that 
And they give you cookies! And most of the time, they give you other stuff, like T-shirts and concert tickets! And if you’re in my neck of the woods, they’ll send you over to my place for a free pizza or sub!
And cookies!
Stop wussing out!
